Job 15:8
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New International Version (© 2011)
Do you listen in on God's council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

Job 15:8 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Hast thou heard the secret of God? - "Hast thou hearkened in God's council?" Wert thou one of the celestial cabinet, when God said, Let Us make man in Our image, and in Our likeness?

Dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? - Dost thou wish us to understand that God's counsels were revealed to none but thyself? And dost thou desire that we should give implicit credence to whatsoever thou art pleased to speak? These are all strong sarcastic questions, and apparently uttered with great contempt.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the secret

Job 11:6 And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom...

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever...

Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.

Proverbs 3:32 For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

Jeremiah 23:18 For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and heard his word? who has marked his word, and heard it?

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth...

Matthew 13:11,35 He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given...

John 15:15 From now on I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends...

Romans 11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counselor?

Romans 16:25,26 Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ...

1 Corinthians 2:9-11,16 But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man...

thou restrain

Job 12:2 No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Job 13:5,6 O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom...

Job 15:8 Parallel Commentaries
Council Counsel God's Hear Heard Hearken Limit Meeting Present Restrain Secret Thyself Wisdom
Council Counsel God's Hear Heard Hearken Limit Meeting Present Restrain Secret Thyself Wisdom
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Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
Romans 11:34 "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"
1 Corinthians 2:11 For who knows a person's thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Job 29:4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,
Jeremiah 23:18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?