Job 26:3
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
4Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
Cross References
Job 12:2Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.
Job 13:5Oh that ye would, altogether hold your peace, and it should serve you for wisdom!
Job 17:10But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
Job 33:3Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;
Job 38:2Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?
Psalms 71:15My mouth, shall relate thy righteousness, All the day, thy deliverance, For I know not the numbers.
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 →