Job 38:2 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִ֤י	mi	who?	H4310 →
זֶ֨ה׀	zeh	this	H2088 →
מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ	mach.Shikh	[is] making dark	H2821 →
עֵצָ֥ה	'e.Tzah	counsel	H6098 →
בְמִלִּ֗ין	ve.mi.Lin	by words	H4405 →
בְּֽלִי־	be.li-	not	H1097 →
דָֽעַת׃	Da.'at	knowledge	H1847 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 1:7
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
leads to
- Romans 1:22
  Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- 2 Peter 2:12
  These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- 1 Timothy 6:4
  he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
Through
Job 42:3
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.
leads to
- Psalms 131:1
  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.
- Psalms 139:6
  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- Psalms 40:5
  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…
- Proverbs 30:2–4
  Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Through
Job 12:3
But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
leads to
- Job 13:2–5
  What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

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.Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”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.Job 34:35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’Psalms 139:4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.James 4:12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?Job 12:3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?Job 23:4–5I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.Job 27:11I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.Job 24:25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”Job 33:3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?Colossians 2:18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.Job 26:3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!Psalms 106:33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

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