Amplified Bible
Job 34:35
35‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom and insight.
Job 34:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
- New International Version (NIV)‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.’
Context of Job 34:35
33Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it? For you must do the choosing, and not I; Therefore say what you [truthfully] know. 34Men of understanding will tell me, Indeed, every wise man who hears me [will agree], ‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom and insight. 36Job ought to be tried to the limit Because he answers like wicked men! 37For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin; He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God], And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’ ”
Read all of Job 34Job 34:35 word by word
אִ֭יּוֹב לֹא־בְדַ֣עַת יְדַבֵּ֑ר וּ֝דְבָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:35
- Job 13:2What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard] And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?
- Job 35:16Job uselessly opens his mouth And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”
- Job 38:2“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge?
- Job 42:3[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’ Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Commentaries on Job 34:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Job hath spoken without knowledge - There is no good in arguing with a self-willed, self-conceited man. Job has spoken like a man destitute of wisdom and discretion.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 When we reprove for what is amiss, we must direct to what is good. Job's friends would have had him own himself a wicked man. Let will only oblige him to own that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Let us, in giving reproof, not make a matter worse than it is. Elihu directs Job to humble himself before God for his sins, and to accept the punishment. Also to pray to God to discover his sins to him. A good man is willing to know the worst of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3534-35. Rather, "men ... will say to me, and the wise man (Job 34:2, 10) who hearkens to me (will say), 'Job hath spoken,'" &c.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 34
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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