Job 34:35
New International Version
Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

New Living Translation
‘Job speaks out of ignorance; his words lack insight.’

English Standard Version
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.’

Berean Standard Bible
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

King James Bible
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

New King James Version
‘Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.’

New American Standard Bible
‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

NASB 1995
‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

NASB 1977
‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without insight.

Amplified Bible
‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom and insight.

Christian Standard Bible
“Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.”

American Standard Version
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

Contemporary English Version
that you are speaking nonsense and lack good judgment.

English Revised Version
Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
'Job speaks without knowledge. His words show no insight.'

Good News Translation
that Job is speaking from ignorance and that nothing he says makes sense.

International Standard Version
Job has been speaking from his own ignorance, and what he has to say lacks insight!

Majority Standard Bible
?Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.?

NET Bible
that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

New Heart English Bible
'Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.'

Webster's Bible Translation
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

World English Bible
‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Job—he does not speak with knowledge, "" And his words [are] not with wisdom.

Young's Literal Translation
Job -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words are not with wisdom.

Smith's Literal Translation
Job will speak not with knowledge, and his word not with understanding.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.

New American Bible
“Job speaks without knowledge, his words make no sense.

New Revised Standard Version
‘Job speaks without knowledge, his words are without insight.’
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words are without understanding.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Job was not speaking in knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without discernment.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not uttered with knowledge.

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Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
34Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say: 35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’ 36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.…

Cross References
Job 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 38:2
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 35:16
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

Job 40:4-5
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. / I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

Job 33:8-12
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: / ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. / Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. ...

Proverbs 18:2
A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

Isaiah 29:16
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Jeremiah 9:23-24
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. / But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. / For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” / And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

1 Corinthians 8:2
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

1 Corinthians 13:9-12
For we know in part and we prophesy in part, / but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. / When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. ...

Romans 11:33-34
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”


Treasury of Scripture

Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

Job 13:2
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

Job 15:2
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Job 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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10. God omnipotent cannot be unjust
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Job speaks without knowledge
This phrase highlights the assertion made by Elihu, one of Job's friends, who is addressing the perceived shortcomings in Job's understanding. The Hebrew root for "knowledge" here is "דַּעַת" (da'at), which implies a deep, experiential understanding rather than mere information. In the context of the Book of Job, this critique suggests that Job's suffering has clouded his perception of God's justice and sovereignty. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern belief that wisdom and knowledge were gifts from the divine, and lacking them indicated a disconnect from God's truth.

his words lack insight
The term "insight" is derived from the Hebrew word "תְּבוּנָה" (tevunah), which conveys a sense of discernment and understanding that goes beyond surface-level comprehension. Elihu's criticism here is that Job's arguments and complaints do not reflect a profound grasp of God's ways. In the broader scriptural context, insight is often associated with the fear of the Lord, as seen in Proverbs 9:10, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." This suggests that true insight is rooted in a reverent relationship with God, something Elihu believes Job is currently lacking due to his focus on his own righteousness and suffering.

Verse 35. - Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom; literally, not in wisdom. The words intended are, of course, those in which Job has seemed to tax God with injustice (see the comment on ver. 9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
‘Job
אִ֭יּוֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

speaks
יְדַבֵּ֑ר (yə·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

without
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

knowledge;
בְדַ֣עַת (ḇə·ḏa·‘aṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

his words
וּ֝דְבָרָ֗יו (ū·ḏə·ḇā·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

lack
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

insight.’
בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃ (ḇə·haś·kêl)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent


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