New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 15:8
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, and not I; And your own lips testify against you. 7“Were you the first person to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills? Do you hear the secret discussion of God, And limit wisdom to yourself? 9What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not? 10Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
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הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 15:8
- Job 11:6And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets part of your guilt.
- Deuteronomy 29:29“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may follow all the words of this Law.
- Psalms 25:14The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant.
- Proverbs 3:32For the devious are an abomination to the Lord; But He is intimate with the upright.
- Jeremiah 23:18But who has stood in the council of the Lord, That he should see and hear His word? Who has paid attention to His word and listened?
- Amos 3:7Certainly the Lord God does nothing Unless He reveals His secret plan To His servants the prophets.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to infants.
- Matthew 13:11And Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
- John 15:15No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
- Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor?
- Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,
- 1 Corinthians 2:9but just as it is written: “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the human heart, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
- Job 13:5Oh that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your 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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Notes
- 1. Job 15:8 Job 29:4; Rom 11:34; 1 Cor 2:11 ↩
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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