Job 38:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
  • Job 42:3 : 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.
  • 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
  • Job 34:35 : 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
  • Job 12:3 : 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
  • Job 23:4-5 : 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
  • Job 26:3 : 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
  • Job 27:11 : 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 42:3-4
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    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.

    4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 34:34-35
    2 verses
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    34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

    35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

  • 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  • Job 26:3-4
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    3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

    4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

  • 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

  • Job 40:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

    2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

    3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

    19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

    20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

  • 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

  • Job 38:36-37
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    75%

    36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

    37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

  • Job 37:14-16
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    14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

    15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

  • Job 38:3-4
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    3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

    4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • Job 37:19-20
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    19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

    20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

    9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

  • 6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  • Isa 40:13-14
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    13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

    14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

  • Job 38:24-25
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    73%

    24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

    25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

  • 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

  • 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • 13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

  • 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

  • 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

  • 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

  • 1 And Job answered and said,

  • 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

  • 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 1 But Job answered and said,

  • 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  • 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

  • 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 2 And Job spake, and said,

  • 1 But Job answered and said,

  • 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?