Job 38:2
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָשַׁךְ
châshak
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׁךְ châshak
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
Study H2821 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
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.
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
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