Job 26:3
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
2How hast thou helped him that is without power! how hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came forth 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 return ye, all of you, and come now: and I shall not find a wise man among you.
Job 33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart: and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, and of 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 →