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Selected Verse: Job 26:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 26:4 |
Strong Concordance |
To whom hast thou uttered [05046] words [04405]? and whose spirit [05397] came [03318] from thee? |
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King James |
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
For whose instruction were thy words meant? If for me I know the subject (God's omnipotence) better than my instructor; Job 26:5-14 is a sample of Job's knowledge of it.
whose spirit--not that of God (Job 32:8); nay, rather, the borrowed sentiment of Eliphaz (Job 4:17-19; Job 15:14-16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To whom hast thou uttered words? - Jerome renders this, Quem docere voluisti? "Whom do you wish to teach?" The sense is, "Do you attempt to teach me in such a manner, on such a subject? Do you take it that I am so ignorant of the perfections of God, that such remarks about him would convey any real instruction?"
And whose spirit came from thee? - That is, by whose spirit didst thou speak? What claims hast thou to inspiration, or to the uttering of sentiments beyond what man himself could originate? The meaning is, that there was nothing remarkable in what he had said that would show that he had been indebted for it either to God or to the wise and good on earth. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To whom - For whose instruction hast thou uttered these things? For mine? Dost thou think I do not know, that which the meanest persons are not unacquainted with; that God is incomparably greater and better than his creatures? Whose spirit - Who inspired thee with this profound discourse of thine? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Whose spirit came from thee? - Mr. Good renders the verse thus: From whom hast thou pillaged speeches? And whose spirit hath issued forth from thee? The retort is peculiarly severe; and refers immediately to the proverbial sayings which in several of the preceding answers have been adduced against the irritated sufferer; for which see Job 8:11-19; 15:20-35, some of which he has already complained of, as in Job 12:3, and following. I concur most fully therefore with Dr. Stock in regarding the remainder of this chapter as a sample, ironically exhibited by Job, of the harangues on the power and greatness of God which he supposes his friends to have taken out of the mouths of other men, to deck their speeches with borrowed lustre. Only, in descanting on the same subject, he shows how much he himself can go beyond them in eloquence and sublimity.
Job intimates that, whatever spirit they had, it was not the Spirit of God, because in their answers falsehood was found. |
14 What is man [0582], that he should be clean [02135]? and he which is born [03205] of a woman [0802], that he should be righteous [06663]?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust [0539] in his saints [06918]; yea, the heavens [08064] are not clean [02141] in his sight [05869].
16 How much more abominable [08581] and filthy [0444] is man [0376], which drinketh [08354] iniquity [05766] [05766] like water [04325]?
17 Shall mortal man [0582] be more just [06663] than God [0433]? shall a man [01397] be more pure [02891] than his maker [06213]?
18 Behold, he put no trust [0539] in his servants [05650]; and his angels [04397] he charged [07760] with folly [08417]:
19 How much less [0637] in them that dwell [07931] in houses [01004] of clay [02563], whose foundation [03247] is in the dust [06083], which are crushed [01792] before [06440] the moth [06211]?
8 But [0403] there is a spirit [07307] in man [0582]: and the inspiration [05397] of the Almighty [07706] giveth them understanding [0995].
5 Dead [07496] things are formed [02342] from under the waters [04325], and the inhabitants [07931] thereof.
6 Hell [07585] is naked [06174] before him, and destruction [011] hath no covering [03682].
7 He stretcheth out [05186] the north [06828] over the empty place [08414], and hangeth [08518] the earth [0776] upon nothing [01099].
8 He bindeth up [06887] the waters [04325] in his thick clouds [05645]; and the cloud [06051] is not rent [01234] under them.
9 He holdeth back [0270] the face [06440] of his throne [03678], and spreadeth [06576] his cloud [06051] upon it.
10 He hath compassed [02328] the waters [06440] [04325] with bounds [02706], until the day [0216] and night [02822] come to an end [08503].
11 The pillars [05982] of heaven [08064] tremble [07322] and are astonished [08539] at his reproof [01606].
12 He divideth [07280] the sea [03220] with his power [03581], and by his understanding [08394] [08394] he smiteth [04272] through the proud [07293].
13 By his spirit [07307] he hath garnished [08235] the heavens [08064]; his hand [03027] hath formed [02342] the crooked [01281] serpent [05175].
14 Lo, these are parts [07098] of his ways [01870]: but how little [08102] a portion [01697] is heard [08085] of him? but the thunder [07482] of his power [01369] who can understand [0995]?
3 But [01571] I have understanding [03824] as well as you; I am not inferior [05307] to you: yea, who knoweth not such things [03644] as these?
11 Can the rush [01573] grow up [01342] without mire [01207]? can [07685] the flag [0260] grow [07685] without [01097] water [04325]?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness [03], and not cut down [06998], it withereth [03001] before [06440] any other herb [02682].
13 So are the paths [0734] of all that forget [07911] God [0410]; and the hypocrite's [02611] hope [08615] shall perish [06]:
14 Whose hope [03689] shall be cut off [06990], and whose trust [04009] shall be a spider's [05908] web [01004].
15 He shall lean [08172] upon his house [01004], but it shall not stand [05975]: he shall hold [02388] it fast, but it shall not endure [06965].
16 He is green [07373] before [06440] the sun [08121], and his branch [03127] shooteth forth [03318] in his garden [01593].
17 His roots [08328] are wrapped about [05440] the heap [01530], and seeth [02372] the place [01004] of stones [068].
18 If he destroy [01104] him from his place [04725], then it shall deny [03584] him, saying, I have not seen [07200] thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy [04885] of his way [01870], and out of the earth [06083] shall others [0312] grow [06779].