EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 38:2
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.
Job 38:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- New International Version (NIV)“Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
Context of Job 38:2
1The Lord spoke to Job from the middle of the storm. This is what he said: ‘Who do you think you are? Why do you ask questions about my wisdom? You speak many words, but you do not understand anything. 3Prepare yourself for a difficult job! I will ask you some questions and you must answer them. 4Were you with me when I made the world? If you think you are so clever, tell me all about it!
Read all of Job 38Job 38:2 word by word
מִ֤י זֶ֨ה׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 38:2
- 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 23:4I would tell him why I am not guilty. I would say many things to explain this to him.
- Job 24:25What I have said is true. Nobody can say that I am telling lies. You cannot think that my words are useless.’
- Job 26:3What good advice have you given me to make me wise? You have not really shown me how clever you are!
- Job 27:11I will teach you about the power of Almighty God. I will explain to you what he is thinking.
- Job 34:35“Job speaks like a fool who knows nothing. He only says useless things.”
- Job 35:16So, Job, you do not understand what you are saying. You speak a lot of words but they do not mean anything.’
- Job 42:3You asked me, “Why do you ask questions about my wisdom, when you do not understand anything?” It is true. I was speaking about things that I do not understand. They are things that are too wonderful for me to know.
- 1 Timothy 1:7They want to be teachers of God's laws. They speak very strongly, but they do not really understand what they are talking about.
Commentaries on Job 38:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel - As if he had said, Who art thou who pretendest to speak on the deep things of God, and the administration of his justice and providence, which thou canst not comprehend; and leavest my counsels and designs the darker for thy explanation?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Who is this - Referring doubtless to Job, for he is specified in the previous verse. Some have understood it of Elihu (see Schultens), but the connection evidently demands that it should be understood as referring to Job. The object was, to reprove him for the presumptuous manner in which he had spoken of God and of his government. It was important before God manifested his approval of Job, that he should declare his sense of what he had said, and show…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2obscures My counsel: God’s accusation is similar to a charge made by Eliphaz and Elihu (15:2; 34:35; 35:16). Job eventually admitted his guilt (42:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. this--Job. counsel--impugning My divine wisdom in the providential arrangements of the universe. Such "words" (including those of the friends) rather obscure, than throw light on My ways. God is about to be Job's Vindicator, but must first bring him to a right state of mind for receiving relief.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 38
- 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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