Job 15:8
Hast thou listened in the council of God, And drawn all wisdom to thyself?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
In Context
7Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?
9What dost thou know, that we know not also? What dost thou understand, that is a secret to us?
Cross References
Job 11:6That he would show thee the secrets of his wisdom,—His wisdom, which is unsearchable! Then shouldst thou know that God forgiveth thee many of thine iniquities.
Job 13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! This, truly, would be wisdom in you.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of the LORD is with them that fear him, And he will teach them his covenant.
Jeremiah 23:18For who of them hath stood in the council of Jehovah, And hath seen and heard his word? Who hath listened to his word and heard it?
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that, though thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, thou didst reveal them to babes.
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation [[of the world]].”
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →