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Job 38:2

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

KJV

Quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus imperitis ?

Vulgate

Τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν, συνέχων δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;

LXX

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

ASV

מִ֤י זֶ֨ה מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְ/מִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי דָֽעַת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חָשְׁכ֥וּ
chshkv
verb · 18×
י
y
noun · 38×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 1:7 — Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
  • Jas 4:12 — There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
  • Job 34:35 — Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
  • Job 34:35 — Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
  • Job 35:16 — Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
  • Job 35:16 — Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
  • Job 42:3 — Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
  • Job 42:3 — Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
  • Ps 139:4 — For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
  • Rom 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?