Job 38:2

Job · Old Testament · Chapter 38

“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”Job 38:2

What Does Job 38:2 Mean?

Job 38:2 is found in the book of Job, chapter 38, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (17)

These passages are connected to Job 38:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Job 42:3“Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.”Job 35:16“Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.”1 Timothy 1:7“Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”Job 34:35“Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.”Job 27:11“I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.”Psalms 139:4“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”Romans 9:20“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”James 4:12“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”Job 6:26“Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?”Job 12:3“But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?”Job 23:4“I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”Job 24:25“And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?”Job 26:3“How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?”Job 33:3“My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.”Job 37:19“Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.”Colossians 2:18“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,”Psalms 106:33“Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.”

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