Job 34:35
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
BSB
ASV
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
KJV
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
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Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man hear me. But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not of discipline. Lo, how he lays open that, which he was cherishing within, when, as if humbly, he allows blessed Job to speak; saying, Let men of understanding speak to me. For if blessed Job were to presume to speak, he would have disdained him, as though he could not understand his words.
To speak, though but one word, against God, by whom we speak and for whom we ought to speak, is a great sin; what is it then to multiply words against him, as if we would out-talk him? What is it to repeat them, instead of unsaying them? Those that have sinned, and, when they are called to repent, thus go on frowardly, add rebellion to their sin and make it exceedingly sinful.
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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.
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“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
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My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
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Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
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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.
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”