Job 38:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?”
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BSBPD
““Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Who <FI>is<Fi> this--darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 38:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
- Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 24:25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
- Job 26:3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
- Job 27:11I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
- Job 34:35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
- Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- Job 42:3You 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.
- 1 Timothy 1:7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
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