Job 38:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

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  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
  • Job 42:3 : 3 Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
  • 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm.
  • Job 34:35 : 35 Job has 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: indeed, who does not know such things as these?
  • Job 23:4-5 : 4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if it is not so, now, who will make me a liar and make my speech worth nothing?
  • Job 26:3 : 3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
  • Job 27:11 : 11 I will teach you by the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

  • Job 34:34-35
    2 verses
    82%

    34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

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

  • Job 38:1
    79%

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

  • Job 26:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

    4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

  • Job 35:16
    77%

    16Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

  • Job 40:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,

    2Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

    3Then Job answered the LORD and said,

  • Job 38:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all.

    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

    20That you may take it to its boundary, and that you may discern the paths to its home?

  • Job 22:13
    75%

    13And you say, 'How does God know? Can He judge through the dense cloud?

  • Job 38:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

    36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

  • Job 37:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14Listen to this, O Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

    15Do you know when God arranged them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Job 42:1
    74%

    1Then Job answered the LORD and said,

  • Job 38:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.

    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • Job 37:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Teach us what we shall say to him, for we cannot arrange our speech because of darkness.

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

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us?

  • Job 40:6
    74%

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

  • Isa 40:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or as his counselor has taught him?

    14With whom did he take counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?

  • Job 38:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?

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

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Rom 11:34
    73%

    34For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?

  • Job 32:13
    73%

    13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

  • Job 16:3
    73%

    3Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?

  • Job 38:34
    72%

    34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?

  • Job 28:12
    72%

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

  • Job 21:22
    72%

    22Can anyone teach God knowledge, seeing He judges those who are high?

  • Job 12:1
    72%

    1And Job answered and said,

  • Job 15:13
    72%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 22:11
    72%

    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

  • Job 26:1
    72%

    1But Job answered and said,

  • Job 12:3
    72%

    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: indeed, who does not know such things as these?

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Isa 29:15
    72%

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

  • Job 14:3
    72%

    3And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?

  • Job 3:2
    72%

    2And Job spoke, and said,

  • Job 21:1
    72%

    1But Job answered and said,

  • Job 36:23
    72%

    23Who has ordered him his way? or who can say, You have done wrong?