Job 34:35
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Job 34:35 in other translations
| BSB | ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’ |
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| WEB | ‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’ |
| ASV | Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. |
| YLT | Job--not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words are not with wisdom. |
| DARBY | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence. |
| BBE | Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom. |
| Webster | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. |
What does Job 34:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 34:34-35
34-35. Rather, "men ... will say to me, and the wise man (Job 34:2, 10) who hearkens to me (will say), 'Job hath spoken,'" &c.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:31-37
When we reprove for what is amiss, we must direct to what is good. Job's friends would have had him own himself a wicked man. Let will only oblige him to own that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Let us, in giving reproof, not make a matter worse than it is. Elihu directs Job to humble himself before God for his sins, and to accept the punishment. Also to pray to God to discover his sins to him. A good man is…
Job 34:35 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 34:35
- Job 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
- Job 38:2
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- Job 13:2
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
- Job 15:2
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
- 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.
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Context
- Job 34:34
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
- Job 34:35
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
- Job 34:36
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
Job 34:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que Job no habla con sabiduría, y que sus palabras no son con entendimiento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Job n’a pas parlé avec connaissance, et ses paroles ne sont pas intelligentes; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hiob redet nicht mit Erkenntnis, und seine Worte sind ohne Einsicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Job autem stulte locutus est, et verba illius non sonant disciplinam. |