Job 26:4
With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
In Context
3What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
5The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:23And now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee — evil.'
Job 32:18For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,
1 Corinthians 12:3wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus [is] anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus [is] Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 16:13and I saw [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs —
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 →