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Job 26:3
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How you have counseled the unwiseand abundantly provided insight!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
How you have counseled him who 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 you have counseled the one who has no wisdom! And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!
"What advice you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Whome counsellest thou? him that hath no wisedome? thou shewest right well as the thing is.
What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!What sound wisdom you have abundantly made known!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
You have given great advice and wonderful wisdom to someone truly in need.
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 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 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?
Where is ye coucell yt thou shuldest geue him, which hath no wy?dome? Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes?
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!
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?
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 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!
How hast thou counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?
How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many?
How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!
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!
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!
What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
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
Sotheli the Lord apperide to Abram, and seide to hym, Y schal yyue this lond to thi seed. And Abram bildide there an auter to the Lord, that apperide to hym.
Y schal yyue al the lond which thou seest to thee and to thi seed, til in to with outen ende.
Therfor rise thou, and passe thorou the lond in his lengthe and breede, for Y schal yyue it to thee.
In that dai the Lord made a couenaunt of pees with Abram, and seide, Y schal yyue to thi seed this lond, fro the ryuer of Egipt til to the greet ryuer Eufrates; Cyneis,
and Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed after thee the lond of thi pilgrymage, al the lond of Chanaan, in to euerlastynge possessioun, and Y schal be the God of hem.
Abraham yede forth fro thennus in to the lond of the south, and dwellide bitwixe Cades and Sur, and was a pilgrym in Geraris;
Forsothe for hungur roos on the lond, aftir thilke bareynesse that bifelde in the daies of Abraham, Isaac yede forth to Abymelech, kyng of Palestyns, in Gerara.
And the Lord apperide to hym, and seide, Go not doun in to Egipt, but reste thou in the lond which Y schal seie to thee,
And so Ysaac dwellide in Geraris.
Forsothe Isaac sowide in that lond, and he foond an hundrid fold in that yeer; and the Lord blesside hym.
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.
