Job 38:2 ““Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?”

Job 38:2

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

World English Bible

“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

American Standard Version

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?

Darby Translation

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Young's Literal Translation

Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

Bible in Basic English

Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

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Cross references

“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”

Job 42:3 Job 35:16 1 Timothy 1:7 Job 34:35 Job 12:3 Job 24:25

Job 42:3 · BSB

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 35:16 · BSB

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

1 Timothy 1:7 · BSB

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

Job 34:35 · BSB

‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

Job 12:3 · BSB

But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

Job 24:25 · BSB

If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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