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

2“You have helped the person who has no power and saved the arm that isn’t strong. 3You have advised the person who has no wisdom and offered so much assistance. To whom have you spoken ⌞these⌟ words, and whose spirit has spoken through you? 5“The souls of the dead tremble beneath the water, and so do the creatures living there. 6Sheol is naked in God’s presence, and Abaddon has no clothing.

Job 26:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• To whom hast thou utteredנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• and whose spiritנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397
• cameיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Job 26:4

• Job 20:3I have heard criticism that makes me ashamed, but a spirit beyond my understanding gives me answers.
• Job 32:18I’m full of words. The Spirit within me forces me ⌞to speak⌟.
• 1 Kings 22:23“So, the Lord has put into the mouths of all these prophets of yours a spirit that makes them tell lies. The Lord has spoken evil about you.”
• Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3So I want you to know that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is cursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 John 4:1Dear friends, don’t believe all people who say that they have the Spirit. Instead, test them. See whether the spirit they have is from God, because there are many false prophets in the world.
• Revelation 16:13Then I saw three evil spirits like frogs come out of the mouths of the serpent, the beast, and the false prophet.

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