Job 26:3
How hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
King James Version
In Context
2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Cross References
Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 13:5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job 17:10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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 →