EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 26:3
3What good advice have you given me to make me wise? You have not really shown me how clever you are!
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 replied. This is what he said: 2‘Do not think that you have helped me, a weak and helpless man. Nothing that you have said makes me feel stronger. What good advice have you given me to make me wise? You have not really shown me how clever you are! 4Someone must have helped you to say these wise words. Who has put all these thoughts in your minds? 5Dead people shake with fear. They are under the deep waters.
Read all of Job 26Job 26:3 word by word
מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 26:3
- Job 6:13I no longer have strength to help myself. There is nowhere that I can go to get help.
- Job 12:3But I understand things as well as you. You are no better than I am. Everyone knows the things that you have been saying.
- Job 13:5It would be better if you said nothing. That would be a wise thing for you to do.
- Job 15:8You do not know God's secret plans. You are not the only wise person in the world.
- Job 17:10But you, my friends, come here! Try again to help me, all of you! I will not find a wise man among you.
- Job 32:11Yes, I waited for you all to speak. I listened to your wise thoughts, as you tried to find the right words to say.
- Job 33:3I am an honest man, so you can believe what I say. I will tell you what I know is true.
- Job 38:2‘Who do you think you are? Why do you ask questions about my wisdom? You speak many words, but you do not understand anything.
- Psalms 49:1Listen to this, people from every nation. Yes, listen carefully, everyone who lives in this world!
- Psalms 71:15I will tell people that you always do what is right. I will always speak about your power to save people. But you have done more than I will ever know about!
- Proverbs 8:6Listen! I have important things to tell you. Everything that I will speak is right.
- Acts 20:20But I have not been afraid to teach God's message. I have taught you everything that would help you. I have done this outside for everyone to hear. I have also taught you in your own homes.
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
In the dictionaries
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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