Job 38:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

"Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."
  • Job 42:3 : 3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
  • 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
  • Job 34:35 : 35 'Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'
  • Job 12:3 : 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
  • Job 23:4-5 : 4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
  • Job 26:3 : 3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
  • Job 27:11 : 11 I will teach you about 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
    2 verses
    83%

    3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

    4 You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

  • Job 34:34-35
    2 verses
    82%

    34 Men of understanding will tell me, Yes, every wise man who hears me:

    35 'Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'

  • 1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

  • Job 26:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

    4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

  • 16 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."

  • Job 40:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

    2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

    3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

  • Job 38:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

    19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,

    20 That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?

  • 13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

  • Job 38:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Job 37:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14 "Listen to this, Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

    15 Do you know how God controls them, And causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

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

  • 1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

  • Job 38:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!

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

  • Job 37:19-20
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    74%

    19 Teach us what we shall tell him; For we can't make our case by reason of darkness.

    20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • 6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

  • Isa 40:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or being his counselor has taught him?

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

  • Job 38:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24 By what way is the lightning distributed, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

    25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;

  • 20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

  • 34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"

  • 13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man:'

  • 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

  • 34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

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

  • 22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judges those who are high?

  • 1 Then Job answered,

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

  • 11 Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.

  • 1 Then Job answered,

  • 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

  • 2 "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

  • 15 Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

  • 3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, And bring me into judgment with you?

  • 2 Job answered:

  • 1 Then Job answered,

  • 23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'