Christian Standard Bible
Job 34:35
35“Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without 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
33Should God repay you on your terms when you have rejected his? You must choose, not I! So declare what you know. 34Reasonable men will say to me, along with the wise men who hear me, “Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.” 36If only Job were tested to the limit, because his answers are like those of wicked men. 37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he scornfully claps in our presence, while multiplying his words 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 13:2Everything you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- Job 15:2Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill himself with the hot east wind?
- Job 35:16Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.
- Job 38:2Who is this who obscures my counsel with ignorant words?
- Job 42:3You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?” Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to 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
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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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