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Selected Verse: Job 15:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 15:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Hast thou heard [08085] the secret [05475] of God [0433]? and dost thou restrain [01639] wisdom [02451] to thyself? |
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King James |
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? |
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] |
secret--rather, "Wast thou a listener in the secret council of God?" The Hebrew means properly the cushions of a divan on which counsellors in the East usually sit. God's servants are admitted to God's secrets (Psa 25:14; Gen 18:17; Joh 15:15).
restrain--Rather, didst thou take away, or borrow, thence (namely, from the divine secret council) thy wisdom? Eliphaz in this (Job 15:8-9) retorts Job's words upon himself (Job 12:2-3; Job 13:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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, Jer 6:11; Jer 15:17; or of judges, counsellors, or advisers for consultation, as the word "divan" is now used in Oriental countries; Psa 89:7; Jer 33:18. Then it means any consultation, counsel, familiar conversation, or intimacy; Psa 55:14; Pro 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?" |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
2 What ye know [01847], the same do I know [03045] also: I am not inferior [05307] unto you.
2 No doubt [0551] but ye are the people [05971], and wisdom [02451] shall die [04191] with you.
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?
8 Hast thou heard [08085] the secret [05475] of God [0433]? and dost thou restrain [01639] wisdom [02451] to thyself?
9 What knowest [03045] thou, that we know [03045] not? what understandest [0995] thou, which is not in us?
15 Henceforth [3765] I call [3004] you [5209] not [3765] servants [1401]; for [3754] the servant [1401] knoweth [1492] not [3756] what [5101] his [846] lord [2962] doeth [4160]: but [1161] I have called [2046] you [5209] friends [5384]; for [3754] all things [3956] that [3739] I have heard [191] of [3844] my [3450] Father [3962] I have made known [1107] unto you [5213].
17 And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Shall I hide [03680] from Abraham [085] that thing which [0834] I do [06213];
14 The secret [05475] of the LORD [03068] is with them that fear [03373] him; and he will shew [03045] them his covenant [01285].
22 Without counsel [05475] purposes [04284] are disappointed [06565]: but in the multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] they are established [06965].
14 We took sweet [04985] counsel [05475] together [03162], and walked [01980] unto the house [01004] of God [0430] in company [07285].
18 Neither shall the priests [03548] the Levites [03881] want [03772] a man [0376] before [06440] me to offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and to kindle [06999] meat offerings [04503], and to do [06213] sacrifice [02077] continually [03117].
7 God [0410] is greatly [07227] to be feared [06206] in the assembly [05475] of the saints [06918], and to be had in reverence [03372] of all them that are about [05439] him.
17 I sat [03427] not in the assembly [05475] of the mockers [07832], nor rejoiced [05937]; I sat [03427] alone [0910] because [06440] of thy hand [03027]: for thou hast filled [04390] me with indignation [02195].
11 Therefore I am full [04392] of the fury [02534] of the LORD [03068]; I am weary [03811] with holding in [03557]: I will pour it out [08210] upon the children [05768] abroad [02351], and upon the assembly [05475] of young men [0970] together [03162]: for even the husband [0376] with the wife [0802] shall be taken [03920], the aged [02205] with him that is full [04390] of days [03117].