Job 38:2

Who is this that hides counsel from me, 1 And confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

In Context

1And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying, 1

3Gird thy loins like a man; 1 And I will ask thee, and do thou answer me. 1

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Cross References

Job 12:3But I also have a heart as well as you. 1

Job 24:25But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, 1 And will make my words of no account?

Job 27:11Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: 1 I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty. 1

Job 35:16Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, 1 In ignorance he multiplies words.

Matthew Henry on Job 38:2-4

God Answers Out of the Whirlwind. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Let us observe here, 1. Who speaks— The Lord, Jehovah, not a created angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second person in the blessed Trinity, for it is he by whom the worlds were made, and that was no other than the Son of God. The same speaks here that… Read the whole commentary →

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