Job 15:8
Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
In Context
7The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
9What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?
Cross References
Job 11:6And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
Job 13:5O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant — to cause them to know.
Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden 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 →