Job 26:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 26

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³How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Job 26:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 33:3
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job 33:33
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 32:11-13
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. …
Psalms 49:1-4
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his discourse. Bildad thought that he had made a fine speech, that the matter was so weighty, and the language so fine, that he had gained the reputation both of an oracle and of an orator; but Job peevishly enough shows that his perfo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

THIRD SERIES. Job 26:1-14. Job’s Reply. 2-3. without power ... no strength ... no wisdom--The negatives are used instead of the positives, powerlessness, &c., designedly (so Is 31:8; De 32:21). Granting I am, as you say (Job 18:17; 15:2), powerlessness itself, &c. “How hast thou helped such a one?” savest--supportest.