Job 15:8
In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
In Context
7The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
Cross References
Job 11:6That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is,—Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
Job 13:5Oh that ye would, altogether hold your peace, and it should serve you for wisdom!
Psalms 25:14Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.
Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should see and hear his word? Who hath given ear to his word and heard it?
Matthew 11:25In that season, answered Jesus, and said—I openly give praise unto thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,—in that thou hast hid these things from the wise and discerning, and hast revealed them unto babes;
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying—I will open, in parables, my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!
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 →