the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Job 26:3
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How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How you have counseled him that 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 hast thou counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
"How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom! And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!
How you have counseled him who has 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 the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
You have given great advice and wonderful wisdom to someone truly in need.
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!
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!
You have given such wonderful advice to this foolish man! You have provided so much useful information!
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?
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!
Whome counsellest thou? him that hath no wisedome? thou shewest right well as the thing 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 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!
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 you have counseled the unwiseand abundantly provided insight!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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?
What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
Where is ye coucell yt thou shuldest geue him, which hath no wy?dome? Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes?
"What advice you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many?
"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!What sound wisdom you have abundantly made known!
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
And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him.
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
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.
