Job 26:3
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To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.

counselled

Job 6:13 Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.

Job 12:3 I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?

Job 13:5 And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.

Job 15:8-10 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee? . . .

Job 17:10 Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.

Job 32:11-13 For I have waited for your words, I have given ear to your wisdom, as long as you were disputing in words. . . .

plentifully

Job 33:3,33 My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence. . . .

Job 38:2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

Psalm 49:1-4 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. [2] Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. . . .

Psalm 71:15-18 My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day long. Because I have not known learning, . . .

Proverbs 8:6-9 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness. . . .

Acts 20:20,27 How I have kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have preached it to you, and taught you publicly, and from house to house, . . .

Context
Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?
2Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength? 3To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.4Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?…
Cross References
Job 6:13
Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.

Job 26:2
Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?

Job 26:4
Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?

Lexicon
How
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

you have counseled
יָּ֭עַצְתָּ (yā·‘aṣ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

the unwise
לְלֹ֣א (lə·lō)
Preposition-l | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

and provided
הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ (hō·w·ḏā·‘ə·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

fully sound
לָרֹ֥ב (lā·rōḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

insight!
וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה (wə·ṯū·šî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8454: Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding


Additional Translations
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

To whom hast thou given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom wilt thou follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

How hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?

How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
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