Job 38:2

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Job 38:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 12:3

But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

Job 23:4

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Job 24:25

If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

Job 26:3

How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!

Job 27:11

I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

Job 35:16

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

Job 42:3

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

1 Timothy 1:7

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.