Job 38:2
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Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

Job 12:3 I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?

Job 23:4,5 I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. . . .

Job 24:25 And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?

Job 26:3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.

Job 27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

Job 34:35 But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.

Job 35:16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 42:3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

1 Timothy 1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law: understanding neither the things they say, nor whereof they affirm.

Context
God Challenges Job
1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said: 2Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?3Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.…
Cross References
Job 34:35
But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.

Job 35:16
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 42:3
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Lexicon
“Who
מִ֤י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

is this
זֶ֨ה ׀ (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

who obscures
מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ (maḥ·šîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2821: To be dark, to darken

My counsel
עֵצָ֥ה (‘ê·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

by words
בְמִלִּ֗ין (ḇə·mil·lîn)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4405: A word, a discourse, a topic

without
בְּֽלִי־ (bə·lî-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

knowledge?
דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge


Additional Translations
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Who is this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
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