Job 38:2
Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
In Context
1Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:—
3Gird, I pray thee—like a strong man—thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:
Cross References
Job 12:3I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
Job 24:25But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
Job 27:11I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
Job 35:16Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
1 Timothy 1:7Desiring to be law-teachers,—not understanding, either what they say or whereof they 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 →