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Job 15:8
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Do you listen in on the council of God,or have a monopoly on wisdom?
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
You did not listen in on God's secret council. But you limit wisdom to yourself.
Do you listen in on God's secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?
"Do you hear the secret discussion of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Do you hear the secret counsel of God,And cut down wisdom only unto yourself?
Do you listen in on God's council or limit wisdom to yourself?
Have you ever been present when God's council meets? Do you alone have wisdom?
Do you listen in on God's secrets? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
Did you listen to God's secret plans? Do you think you are the only wise person?
Have you heard of the secrets of God? Has his wisdom been revealed to you?
Did you overhear the plans God made? Does human wisdom belong to you alone?
Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
hast thou herde the secrete councell of God, that all wy?dome is to litle for ye?
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and doest thou restraine wisedome to thy selfe?
Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?
Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Were you listening at God's secret council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Were you there to hear the secret plans of God? Are you the only one who has wisdom?
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the secret: Job 11:6, Deuteronomy 29:29, Psalms 25:14, Proverbs 3:32, Jeremiah 23:18, Amos 3:7, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:35, John 15:15, Romans 11:34, Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 2:9-11, 1 Corinthians 2:16
thou restrain: Job 12:2, Job 13:5, Job 13:6
Reciprocal: Job 5:1 - and to which Job 13:2 - General Job 15:11 - is there Job 26:3 - counselled Job 29:4 - the secret Job 32:13 - We Proverbs 8:25 - General Ezekiel 28:3 - no secret
Cross-References
And Abram seide, Lord God, what schalt thou yyue to me? Y schal go with oute fre children, and this Damask, sone of Elieser, the procuratour of myn hous, schal be myn eir.
And anoon the word of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide, This schal not be thin eir, but thou schalt haue hym eir, that schal go out of thi wombe.
And the Lord answerde, and seide, Take thou to me a cow of thre yeer, and a geet of thre yeer, and a ram of thre yeer, a turtle also, and a culuer.
Which took alle these thingis, and departide tho bi the myddis, and settide euer eithir partis ech ayens other; but he departide not the briddis.
And it was seid to hym, Wite thou bifore knowinge, that thi seed schal be pilgrim foure hundrid yeer in a lond not his owne, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and thei schulen turment hem;
netheles Y schal deme the folk to whom thei schulen serue; and aftir these thingis thei schulen go out with greet catel.
Therfor whanne the sunne was gon doun, a derk myst was maad, and a furneis smokynge apperide, and a laumpe of fier, and passide thorou tho departingis.
Forsothe Ezechie seide to Isaie, What schal be the signe, that the Lord schal heele me, and that in the thridde dai Y schal stie in to the temple of the Lord?
Make thou with me a signe in good, that thei se, that haten me, and be aschamed; for thou, Lord, hast helpid me, and hast coumfortid me.
and seide, Axe thou to thee a signe of thi Lord God, in to the depthe of helle, ethir in to heiythe aboue.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hast thou heard the secret of God?.... Or, "in the secret of God" a, in his cabinet council, what was said and done there? hast thou stood in the council of God? hast thou been one of his privy council, or counsellors, and been let into all the secrets of God, of his purposes and providence, and into the reasons of all his administrations, that thou talkest so freely, and boldly, and confidently as thou dost? Indeed Christ, the son of God, was the Angel of the great council; the counsel of peace was between him and his Father; yea, he was in his bosom, and privy to all his thoughts, designs, and decrees, and knew everything, what would be, and the reasons thereof; as well as the nature of his Father, his perfections, mind, and will, which he has declared: but could Job pretend to this, or anything like it? no, surely. Indeed there are some secrets of God which he makes known to his people, and no doubt, in some measure, Job was acquainted with them; such as the secrets of God's love, and of the covenant of his grace, which are with them that fear him; and such an one Job was, and with whom, in times past at least, the secret of God was, even his everlasting love in the open manifestation of it to him; which is a secret in the heart of God, till revealed and shed abroad in the hearts of his people; and so the "mysteries" of God, as some render the word, the doctrines of the Gospel, the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, the knowledge of them, is given to the sons of men; Job was acquainted with them, with the incarnation of Christ, redemption by him, and the resurrection of the dead; the secrets of Providence, though they may not always be known now, they will be hereafter; yea, God does nothing but he reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets Amos 3:7, as he did to Abraham his friend; and as for the purposes of God, which are the secret things that belong to him, and can never be known unless revealed, and when fulfilled, even those, such as relate to the election of men, their redemption by Christ, and the effectual calling, are made known by God's saving and calling them according to them:
and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? not keep it to himself without communicating it to others, which to do is to imprison the truth, and detain it in unrighteousness; as men have freely received, they should freely give; but he arrogated and ascribed wisdom to himself, monopolized it, and would allow no man to have any share of it but himself; he reckoned so highly of himself, as if he was the only wise man in the world; thus what he charged his friends with Eliphaz retorts upon himself, Job 12:2; as he does his own words in
Job 15:9.
a בסוד אלוה "in secreto Dei", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius. Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hast thou heard the secret of God? - literally, “in the secret of God hast thou heard” - הסוד hasôd. The word rendered “secret” (סוד sôd) means properly a “couch” or “cushion,” on which one reclines - whether for sleep or at a table, or as a divan. Hence, it means a divan, or circle of persons sitting together for familiar conversation, Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 15:17; or of judges, counsellors, or advisers for consultation, as the word “divan” is now used in Oriental countries; Psalms 89:7; Jeremiah 33:18. Then it means any consultation, counsel, familiar conversation, or intimacy; Psalms 55:14; Proverbs 15:22. Here God is represented in Oriental language as seated in a “divan,” or council of state: there is deliberation about the concerns of his government; important questions are agitated and decided; and Eliphaz asks of Job whether he had been admitted to that council, and had heard those deliberations; and whether, if he had not, he was qualified to pronounce as he had done, on the plans and purposes of the Almighty.
And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? - Having obtained the secret of that council, art thou now keeping it wholly to thyself - as a prime minister might be supposed to keep the purposes resolved on in the divan? “Hast thou listened in the council of yahweh, and dost thou now reserve all wisdom to thyself?”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 15:8. Hast thou heard the secret of God? — "Hast thou hearkened in God's council?" Wert thou one of the celestial cabinet, when God said, Let US make man in OUR image, and in OUR likeness?
Dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? — Dost thou wish us to understand that God's counsels were revealed to none but thyself? And dost thou desire that we should give implicit credence to whatsoever thou art pleased to speak? These are all strong sarcastic questions, and apparently uttered with great contempt.
