Job 26:3

Job 26:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
• New International Version (NIV)What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
• English Standard Version (ESV)How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
• New King James Version (NKJV)How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many?

Context of Job 26:3

1But Job answered and said, 2“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)! How you have saved the arm that is without strength! How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom! And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight! 4To whom have you uttered [these] words? And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you? 5“The spirits of the dead tremble Underneath the waters and their inhabitants.

Job 26:3 word by word

מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How hast thou counselledיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• hast thou plentifullyרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• declaredיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the thing as it isתּוּשִׁיָּהtûshîyâh tûshîyâh · wisdomH8454

Cross-references for Job 26:3

• Job 6:13Is it that I have no help within myself, And that success and wisdom have been driven from me?
• Job 12:3But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?
• Job 13:5Oh, that you would be completely silent, And that silence would be your wisdom!
• Job 15:8Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?
• Job 17:10But as for all of you, come back again, Even though I do not find a wise man among you.
• Job 32:11“You see, I waited for your words, I listened to your [wise] reasons, While you pondered and searched out what to say.
• Job 33:3My words will express the uprightness of my heart, And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.
• Job 38:2“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge?
• Psalms 49:1Hear this, all peoples; Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,
• Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, For their number is more than I know.
• Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I will speak excellent and noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.
• Acts 20:20[you know] how I did not shrink back in fear from telling you anything that was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public meetings, and from house to house,

Commentaries on Job 26:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? - As he had undertaken to give counsel to another, and to suggest views that might be adapted to elevate his mind in his depression, and to console him in his sorrows, he had a right to expect more than he had found in his speech. And how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? - The word rendered “the thing as it is” (תשׁיה tûshı̂yâh ) denotes properly a setting upright, uprightness - from…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-14THIRD SERIES. 2-3. without power ... no strength ... no wisdom--The negatives are used instead of the positives, powerlessness, &c., designedly (so Is 31:8; De 32:21). Granting I am, as you say (Job 18:17; 15:2), powerlessness itself, &c. "How hast thou helped such a one?" savest--supportest.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings