Job 38:2
“Who is this who brings darkness to plans 1 by means of words without knowledge? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
In Context
1Then Yahweh called to Job out of a fierce storm and said, 1
3Now gird up your loins like a man 1 for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me. 1
Cross References
Job 12:3But I have understanding as well as you; 1 I am not inferior to you. 1 Indeed, who does not know such things as these? 1
Job 24:25If it is not so, who can prove me to be a liar; 1 who can make my speech worth nothing?”
Job 27:11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; 1 I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty. 1
Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; 1 he piles up words without knowledge.”
1 Timothy 1:7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or what they so confidently affirm.
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 →