35Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
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Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)In these verses, I. Elihu instructs Job what he should say under his affliction, Job 34:31 , 32 . Having reproved him for his peevish passionate words, he here puts better words into his mouth. When we reprove for what is amiss we must direct to what is good, that our reproofs may be the reproofs of instruction , Prov. 6:23. He does not impose it upon Job to use these words, but recommends it to h…
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