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Job 15:8
8You do not know God's secret plans. You are not the only wise person in the world.
Job 15:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
- New International Version (NIV)Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Context of Job 15:8
6I do not need to show that you are guilty. Your own words show that you are wrong. 7You were not the first human to be born. You were not alive when God made the hills. You do not know God's secret plans. You are not the only wise person in the world. 9You do not know any more than we know. We understand as much as you do. 10The old men agree with us. They are older and wiser even than your father.
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הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:8
- Job 11:6He would show you the secret of wisdom. True wisdom is not easy to understand. But you must understand this: God is punishing you less than you deserve.
- Deuteronomy 29:29Some secret things belong to the Lord our God. He does not let us understand everything. But he has shown us many things clearly. Those things belong to us and to our descendants for all time. They are the words of his Law that we need to obey.
- Psalms 25:14The Lord is a guide for those who serve him. He teaches them to obey his covenant.
- Proverbs 3:32The Lord hates wicked people. But he makes righteous people his friends.
- Jeremiah 23:18But none of those prophets has met with the Lord. They have not seen him and they have not heard his voice. So none of them has ever listened to him to know what he is saying.
- Amos 3:7Before the Lord God decides to send trouble, he first tells his prophets about it.
- Matthew 11:25At this moment, Jesus said, ‘Father, you rule over everything in heaven and on the earth! People who do not know many things can now understand your message. And so I thank you. But you have hidden these things from some other people. Those people think that they understand everything. They think that they are wise.
- Matthew 13:11Jesus replied, ‘God has let you know what these stories mean. You understand how God rules in the lives of his people. But these other people do not understand what the stories mean.
- John 15:15A servant does not know what his master is doing. So I do not call you servants any more. No, I call you my friends. This is because I have told you everything that I have heard from my Father.
- Romans 11:34The Bible says this: ‘Nobody knows the thoughts of the Lord God. Nobody is able to tell him what he should do.’
- Romans 16:25We praise God because he is great! He is able to make you strong in your spirits! That is the good news that I teach. That good news is the message about Jesus Christ that God has kept secret since long ago. But now he has shown this message to us.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9This is written in the Bible: ‘Nobody ever saw or heard anything about this. Nobody ever thought that it could happen. But these are the things that God has prepared for his people who love him.’
- Job 12:2‘You people think that you know everything. You think that there will be no wisdom after you die.
- Job 13:5It would be better if you said nothing. That would be a wise thing for you to do.
Commentaries on Job 15:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Hast thou heard the secret of God? - "Hast thou hearkened in God's council?" Wert thou one of the celestial cabinet, when God said, Let Us make man in Our image, and in Our likeness? Dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? - Dost thou wish us to understand that God's counsels were revealed to none but thyself? And dost thou desire that we should give implicit credence to whatsoever thou art pleased to speak? These are all strong sarcastic questions, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Hast thou heard the secret of God? - literally, “in the secret of God hast thou heard” - הסוד hasôd The word rendered “secret” (סוד sôd ) means properly a “couch” or “cushion,” on which one reclines - whether for sleep or at a table, or as a divan. Hence, it means a divan, or circle of persons sitting together for familiar conversation, Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 15:17; or of judges, counsellors, or advisers for consultation, as the word “divan” is now…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The book's readers know about God's secret council (1:6–12; 2:1–6; see 1 Kings 22:19–20; Psalm 89:5–7). But Job and his friends did not.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. secret--rather, "Wast thou a listener in the secret council of God?" The Hebrew means properly the cushions of a divan on which counsellors in the East usually sit. God's servants are admitted to God's secrets (Psa 25:14; Ge 18:17; Joh 15:15). restrain--Rather, didst thou take away, or borrow, thence (namely, from the divine secret council) thy wisdom? Eliphaz in this (Job 15:8, 9) retorts Job's words upon himself (Job 12:2, 3; 13:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- 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
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