Job 15:8
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
In Context
7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
9What knowest thou that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Cross References
Job 11:6And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thy iniquity deserveth .
Job 13:5O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.
Psalms 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.
Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it ?
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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 →