New International Version
Job 34:35
35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
Job 34:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
- English Standard Version (ESV)'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)‘Job speaks out of ignorance; his words lack insight.’
Context of Job 34:35
33Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know. 34“Men of understanding declare, wise men who hear me say to me, ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’ 36Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man! 37To his sin he adds rebellion; scornfully he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
Read all of Job 34Job 34:35 word by word
אִ֭יּוֹב לֹא־בְדַ֣עַת יְדַבֵּ֑ר וּ֝דְבָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:35
- Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- Job 15:2“Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
- Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
- Job 38:2“Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Commentaries on Job 34:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Job hath spoken without knowledge - There is no good in arguing with a self-willed, self-conceited man. Job has spoken like a man destitute of wisdom and discretion.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 When we reprove for what is amiss, we must direct to what is good. Job's friends would have had him own himself a wicked man. Let will only oblige him to own that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Let us, in giving reproof, not make a matter worse than it is. Elihu directs Job to humble himself before God for his sins, and to accept the punishment. Also to pray to God to discover his sins to him. A good man is willing to know the worst of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3534-35. Rather, "men ... will say to me, and the wise man (Job 34:2, 10) who hearkens to me (will say), 'Job hath spoken,'" &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 34
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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