Job 26:3
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
4For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
Cross References
Job 12:2No doubt ye are the whole people! And wisdom will die with you!
Job 13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! This, truly, would be wisdom in you.
Job 17:10But as for you all, return, I pray! I find not yet among you one wise man.
Job 33:3My words shall be in the uprightness of my heart; My lips shall utter knowledge purely.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall speak of thy goodness,—Of thy sure protection all the day long; For thy mercies are more than I can number.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:2-5
Job's Reproof of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his… Read the whole commentary →