Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? New Living Translation “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? English Standard Version “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Berean Standard Bible “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? King James Bible Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? New King James Version “Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge? New American Standard Bible “Who is this who darkens the divine plan By words without knowledge? NASB 1995 “Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? NASB 1977 “Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? Legacy Standard Bible “Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? Amplified Bible “Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge? Christian Standard Bible Who is this who obscures my counsel with ignorant words? Holman Christian Standard Bible Who is this who obscures My counsel with ignorant words? American Standard Version Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Who is this who devises doctrine in words without knowledge? Brenton Septuagint Translation Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me? Contemporary English Version Why do you talk so much when you know so little? Douay-Rheims Bible Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words? English Revised Version Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? GOD'S WORD® Translation "Who is this that belittles my advice with words that do not show any knowledge [about it]? Good News Translation Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words? International Standard Version "Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about? JPS Tanakh 1917 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? Literal Standard Version “Who [is] this—darkening counsel, | By words without knowledge? Majority Standard Bible “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? New American Bible Who is this who darkens counsel with words of ignorance? NET Bible "Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge? New Revised Standard Version “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? New Heart English Bible "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Webster's Bible Translation Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? World English Bible “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Young's Literal Translation Who is this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? 3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.… Cross References Job 34:35 Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.' Job 35:16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge." 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. Treasury of Scripture Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Job 12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Job 23:4,5 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments… Job 24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? Jump to Previous Counsel Dark Makes Purpose WordsJump to Next Counsel Dark Makes Purpose WordsJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness (2) Who is this?--The question may be answered by Job's own words (Job 14:1). It is a man as so described, a dying and enfeebled man, like Job himself, not even a man in his best estate, but one so persecuted and exhausted as Job: one, therefore, altogether unequal to the task he has undertaken. That darkeneth counsel.--That is, probably, my counsel, which was the matter under debate. The words, however, are often used proverbially in a general sense. Such discussions, carried on, as they cannot but be, in entire ignorance by blind mortals, must to God's omniscience seem thus, and cannot be otherwise than the darkening of counsel by words without knowledge. Verse 2. - Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? It is very noticeable that God entirely ignores the reasonings of Elihu, and addresses himself, in the first instance, wholly to Job, with whom he begins by remonstrating. Job has not been without fault. He has spoken many "words without knowledge" or with insufficient knowledge, and has thus trenched on irreverence, and given the enemies of God occasion to blaspheme. Moreover, he has "darkened counsel." Instead of making the ways of God clear to his friends and companions, he has east doubts upon God's moral government (Job 21:7-26), upon his mercy and loving-kindness (Job 16:7-14), almost upon his justice (Job 19:7; Job 31:1-35). He is thus open to censure, and receives censure, and owns himself "vile" (Job 40:4), before peace and reconciliation can be established.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Whoמִ֤י (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix is this זֶ֨ה ׀ (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that who obscures מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ (maḥ·šîḵ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2821: To be dark, to darken My counsel עֵצָ֥ה (‘ê·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence by words בְמִלִּ֗ין (ḇə·mil·lîn) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4405: A word, a discourse, a topic without בְּֽלִי־ (bə·lî-) Adverb Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as knowledge? דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1847: Knowledge Links Job 38:2 NIVJob 38:2 NLT Job 38:2 ESV Job 38:2 NASB Job 38:2 KJV Job 38:2 BibleApps.com Job 38:2 Biblia Paralela Job 38:2 Chinese Bible Job 38:2 French Bible Job 38:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:2 Who is this who darkens counsel (Jb) |
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