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Elihu Confirms God’s Justice

Job 34:35

In 11 translations

BSB
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
KJV
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
WEB
‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
ASV
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
LSV
Job—he does not speak with knowledge, || And his words [are] not with wisdom.
YLT
Job — not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
DBY
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence.
DRC
But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.
GNV
Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
JPS
'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
LXXE
But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not uttered with knowledge.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִ֭יּוֹב לֹא־בְדַ֣עַת יְדַבֵּ֑ר וּ֝דְבָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃
LXX-Br
Ἰὼβ δὲ οὐκ ἐν συνέσει ἐλάλησε, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐν ἐπιστήμῃ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
  • Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
  • Job 15:2“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
  • Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
  • Job 42:3You 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.

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