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Job 26:3
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How you have counseled the unwiseand abundantly provided insight!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Your advice lacks wisdom! You have shown little understanding!
How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!
"How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom! And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!
"What advice you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Whome counsellest thou? him that hath no wisedome? thou shewest right well as the thing is.
What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!What sound wisdom you have abundantly made known!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
You have given great advice and wonderful wisdom to someone truly in need.
Such wonderful advice for a man lacking wisdom! So much common sense you've expressed!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!
How have you counselled him who has no wisdom? And how have you expounded so many doctrines?
You give such good advice and share your knowledge with a fool like me!
How you have advised one who has no wisdom! And what sound wisdom you have made known in abundance!
How have you advised the ones not wise or fully declared wise plans?
Where is ye coucell yt thou shuldest geue him, which hath no wy?dome? Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes?
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisedome? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing, as it is?
Where is the counsayle that thou shouldest geue him which hath no wisdome? Hast thou shewed the way of right lyuing?
To whom hast thou given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom wilt thou follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
To whom hast thou youe counsel? In hap to hym that hath not wisdom; and thou hast schewid ful myche prudence.
How you have counseled him that has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How hast thou counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?
How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many?
How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!
How you have given wise words to him who has no wisdom! How much true learning you have given!
How you have counseled one who has no wisdom, and given much good advice!
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
counselled: Job 6:13, Job 12:3, Job 13:5, Job 15:8-10, Job 17:10, Job 32:11-13
plentifully: Job 33:3, Job 33:33, Job 38:2, Psalms 49:1-4, Psalms 71:15-18, Proverbs 8:6-9, Acts 20:20, Acts 20:27
Reciprocal: Job 15:9 - knowest Job 16:2 - heard
Cross-References
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there.
All this land that you see I will give to you and your people who live after you. This will be your land forever.
So go. Walk through your land. I now give it to you."
So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, "I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God."
Abraham left that place and traveled to the Negev. He settled in the city of Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur. While in Gerar,
Now there was a famine. This was like the famine that happened during Abraham's life. So Isaac went to the town of Gerar, to King Abimelech of the Philistines.
The Lord spoke to Isaac and said, "Don't go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I commanded you to live in.
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
Isaac planted fields in that place, and that year he gathered a great harvest. The Lord blessed him very much.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom?.... A man deprived of wisdom has need of counsel, and it should be given him; and he does well both to ask and take it; and be it so, as if Job should say, that I am the foolish and unwise creature you take me to be, what counsel and advice have you given me? what a wise counsellor have you shown yourself to be? or rather, what a miserable part have you acted under this character?
and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? the thing in controversy, set it forth in a clear light, and in a copious manner, when he had not said one word about it, namely, concerning the afflictions of the godly, and the prosperity of the wicked; thus jeering at him, and laughing at the short reply he had made, and which was nothing to the purpose.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? - As he had undertaken to give counsel to another, and to suggest views that might be adapted to elevate his mind in his depression, and to console him in his sorrows, he had a right to expect more than he had found in his speech.
And how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? - The word rendered “the thing as it is” (תשׁיה tûshı̂yâh) denotes properly a setting upright, uprightness - from ישׁה yāshah; then help, deliverance, Job 6:13; purpose, undertaking, enterprise, Job 5:12; then counsel, wisdom, understanding, Job 11:6; Job 12:16. Here it is synonymous with reason, wisdom, or truth. The word rendered “plentifully” (לרב larôb) means “for multitude,” or abundantly, and the sense here is, that Bildad had made extraordinary pretensions to wisdom, and that this was the result. This short, irrelevant speech was all; a speech that communicated nothing new, and that met none of the real difficulties of the case.
