Job 38:2
Who is this that darkeneth etzah (counsel) 1 with words without da'as? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
In Context
1Then Hashem answered Iyov out of the whirlwind, 1 and said, 1
3Gird up now thy loins like a gever; 1 for I will ask of thee, and thou wilt answer Me. 1
Cross References
Job 12:3But I have levav (understanding) as well as you; 1 I am not inferior to you; 1 yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 1
Job 24:25And if it be not so, who will charge me with lying, 1 and make my milah (word) worth nothing? + 24:25 T.N. Notice the question answered by Romans, Galatians, and Gn 15:6 as well as Hab 2:4 is stated in Job 25:4 below; see Ep 2:8-9 and Ro 3:24,26,28; 4:2; 5:1,9; Ga 2:16,17; 3:11,24; 5:4; Ti 3:7 ; this the most important question raised in the Bible: it is for eternity.
Job 27:11I will teach you concerning the yad El; 1 that which is with Shaddai will I not conceal. 1
Job 35:16Therefore doth Iyov open his mouth hevel (in vain); 1 he multiplieth words without da'as.
1 Timothy 1:7Wanting to teach Torah as rabbonim, they have binah neither of what they are talking about nor of the things about which they so confidently make assertions.
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 →