Job 26:4

Job 26:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
• New International Version (NIV)Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
• English Standard Version (ESV)With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you?
• New King James Version (NKJV)To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

Context of Job 26:4

2“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)! How you have saved the arm that is without strength! 3How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom! And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight! To 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. 6Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God, And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].

Job 26:4 word by word

אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To whom hast thou utteredנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• and whose spiritנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397
• cameיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Job 26:4

• Job 20:3I have heard the reproof which insults me, But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
• Job 32:18For I am full of words; The spirit within me constrains me.
• 1 Kings 22:23Now then, behold, the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these prophets; and the Lord has proclaimed disaster against you.”
• Ecclesiastes 12:7then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the [power and influence of the] Spirit of God can say, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is [my] Lord,” except by [the power and influence of] the Holy Spirit.
• 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.
• Revelation 16:13And I saw three loathsome spirits like frogs, leaping from the mouth of the dragon (Satan) and from the mouth of the beast (Antichrist, dictator) and from the mouth of the false prophet;

Commentaries on Job 26:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Whose spirit came from thee? - Mr. Good renders the verse thus: From whom hast thou pillaged speeches? And whose spirit hath issued forth from thee? The retort is peculiarly severe; and refers immediately to the proverbial sayings which in several of the preceding answers have been adduced against the irritated sufferer; for which see Job 8:11-19; 15:20-35, some of which he has already complained of, as in Job 12:3, and following. I concur most fully…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4To whom hast thou uttered words? - Jerome renders this, Quem docere voluisti? “Whom do you wish to teach?” The sense is, “Do you attempt to teach me in such a manner, on such a subject? Do you take it that I am so ignorant of the perfections of God, that such remarks about him would convey any real instruction?” And whose spirit came from thee? - That is, by whose spirit didst thou speak? What claims hast thou to inspiration, or to the uttering of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Eliphaz, Zophar, and Elihu all claimed that the right spirit was guiding them (4:15; 20:3; 32:18; 33:4; see also Jeremiah 29:8–9; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 John 4:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. For whose instruction were thy words meant? If for me I know the subject (God's omnipotence) better than my instructor; Job 26:5-14 is a sample of Job's knowledge of it. whose spirit--not that of God (Job 32:8); nay, rather, the borrowed sentiment of Eliphaz (Job 4:17-19; 15:14-16).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Portion
• Proud
• Job, Book of

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