God’s Word Translation
Job 15:8
8Did you listen in on God’s council meeting and receive a monopoly on wisdom?
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
6Your ⌞own⌟ mouth condemns you, not I. Your lips testify against you. 7“Were you the first human to be born? Were you delivered before the hills ⌞existed⌟? Did you listen in on God’s council meeting and receive a monopoly on wisdom? 9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t? 10Both the old and the gray-haired are among us. They are older 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 tell you the secrets of wisdom, because ⌞true⌟ wisdom is twice ⌞as great as your wisdom⌟, and you would know that God forgets your sin.
- Deuteronomy 29:29Some things are hidden. They belong to the Lord our God. But the things that have been revealed in these teachings belong to us and to our children forever. We must obey every word of these teachings.
- Psalms 25:14The Lord advises those who fear him. He reveals to them the intent of his promise.
- Proverbs 3:32The devious person is disgusting to the Lord. The Lord’s intimate advice is with decent people.
- Jeremiah 23:18Who is in the Lord’s inner circle and sees and hears his word? Who pays attention and listens to his word?
- Amos 3:7Certainly, the Almighty Lord doesn’t do anything unless he ⌞first⌟ reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from wise and intelligent people and revealing them to little children.
- Matthew 13:11Jesus answered, “Knowledge about the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you. But it has not been given to the crowd.
- John 15:15I don’t call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. But I’ve called you friends because I’ve made known to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.
- Romans 11:34“Who knows how the Lord thinks? Who can become his adviser?”
- Romans 16:25God can strengthen you by the Good News and the message I tell about Jesus Christ. He can strengthen you by revealing the mystery that was kept in silence for a very long time
- 1 Corinthians 2:9But as Scripture says: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”
- Job 12:2“You certainly are ⌞wise⌟ people, and when you die, wisdom will die.
- Job 13:5I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom.
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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