American Standard Version
Job 26:3
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom,And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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
1Then Job answered and said, 2How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength! How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge! 4To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee? 5They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
Read all of Job 26Job 26:3 word by word
מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 26:3
- Job 6:13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
- Job 12:3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
- Job 13:5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
- Job 15:8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
- Job 17:10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
- Job 32:11Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.
- Job 33:3My wordsshall utterthe uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
- Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
- Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, Andof thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof.
- Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Acts 20:20how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, 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
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