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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you?

Context of Job 26:4

2“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! 3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth? 5“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. 6The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.

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 hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
• Job 32:18For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
• 1 Kings 22:23“So now the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for you.”
• Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 John 4:1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Revelation 16:13Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of 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