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Job 26:3
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!
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
1And Job answered and said, 2How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength! How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is! 4For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 5The shades 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 there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
- Job 12:3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
- Job 13:5Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
- Job 15:8Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
- Job 17:10But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
- Job 32:11Lo, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasonings, until ye searched out what to say.
- Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.
- Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
- Psalms 71:15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, [and] 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 held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce [it] to you, and to teach you publicly and in every 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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