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Job 15:8

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

KJV

numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit ejus sapientia ?

Vulgate

ἢ σύνταγμα Κυρίου ἀκήκοας; εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία;

LXX

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

ASV

הַ/בְ/ס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְ/תִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ חָכְמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
ס֣וֹד
svd
noun · 21×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
תִגְרְע֖וּ
tgr'v
verb · 22×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:16 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • Ezek 28:3 — Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
  • Jer 23:18 — For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
  • Jer 23:18 — For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
  • Job 5:1 — Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
  • Job 11:6 — And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
  • Job 29:4 — As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
  • Rom 11:34 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
  • Rom 11:34 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?