Job 26:3
What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
4With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
Cross References
Job 12:2Truly — ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
Job 13:5O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
Job 17:10Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
Job 33:3Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
Job 38:2Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
Psalms 71:15My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known 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 →