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

2How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength! 3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is! For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 5The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof; 6Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Job 26:4 word by word

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

• wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• cameיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Job 26:4

• Job 20:3I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
• Job 32:18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
• 1 Kings 22:23And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee.
• Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in [the power of the] Spirit of God, says, Curse [on] Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in [the power of the] Holy Spirit.
• 1 John 4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Revelation 16:13And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs;

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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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