Job 15:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

KJV

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

WEB

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

ASV

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

LSV

Do you hear of the secret counsel of God? And withdraw wisdom to you?

YLT

Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

DBY

Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?Eloah

DRC

Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

GNV

Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?

JPS

Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

LXXE

Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

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WLC

הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἢ σύνταγμα Κυρίου ἀκήκοας; ἢ συμβούλῳ σοι ἐχρήσατο ὁ Θεός; εἰς δέ σε ἀφίκετο σοφία;

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• Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
• Jeremiah 23:18But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
• 1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
• Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
• Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
• John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
• Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
• 1 Corinthians 2:9–11Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the…
• Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Job 29:4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
• Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
• Job 13:5–6If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
• Romans 16:25–26Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past but now revealed and made known through the writings of…

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