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Job 38:2

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38:2“Who is this2 who darkens counsel3

with words without knowledge?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 The demonstrative pronoun is used here to emphasize the interrogative pronoun (see §136.c).
  2. 3 The referent of “counsel” here is not the debate between Job and the friends, but the purposes of God (see Ps 33:10; Prov 19:21; Isa 19:17). Dhorme translates it “Providence.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Who is this that obscures my plans

with words without knowledge?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who is this who obscures my counsel

with ignorant words?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Who is this that questions my wisdom

with such ignorant words?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Who is this darkening counsel

by words without knowledge?

KJV 1900King James Version

Who is this that darkeneth counsel

By words without knowledge?