Job 15:8
Strong's Lexicon
Do you listen in
תִּשְׁמָ֑ע (tiš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: v 1) to hear, listen to, obey 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hear (perceive by ear) 1a2) to hear of or concerning 1a3) to hear (have power to hear) 1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to 1a5) to understand (language) 1a6) to hear (of judicial cases) 1a7) to listen, give heed 1a7a) to consent, agree 1a7b) to grant request 1a8) to listen to, yield to 1a9) to obey, be obedient 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound) 1b2) to be heard of 1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed 1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound 1d2) to sound aloud (musical term) 1d3) to make proclamation, summon 1d4) to cause to be heard n m 2) sound

on God's
אֱל֣וֹהַ (’ĕ·lō·w·ha)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: 1) God 2) false god

council
הַבְס֣וֹד (haḇ·sō·wḏ)
Article, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5475: 1) council, counsel, assembly 1a) council (of familiar conversation) 1a1) divan, circle (of familiar friends) 1a2) assembly, company 1b) counsel 1b1) counsel (itself) 1b2) secret counsel 1b3) familiar converse, intimacy (with God)

or limit
וְתִגְרַ֖ע (wə·ṯiḡ·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1639: 1) to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to diminish 1a2) to restrain 1a3) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be withdrawn 1b2) to be restrained 1c) (Piel) to withdraw, draw up

wisdom
חָכְמָֽה׃ (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: 1) wisdom 1a) skill (in war) 1b) wisdom (in administration) 1c) shrewdness, wisdom 1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs) 1e) wisdom (ethical and religious)

to yourself ?
אֵלֶ֣יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you listen  in on  the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom ?

New American Standard Bible
"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?

King James Bible
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Do you listen in on God's council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

New Living Translation
Were you listening at God's secret council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

English Standard Version
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

New American Standard Bible
"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom?

International Standard Version
Have you listened in on God's secret council? Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?

NET Bible
Do you listen in on God's secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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

English Revised Version
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

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
















Cross References
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Romans 11:34
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?

1 Corinthians 2:11
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Job 29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

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

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:9
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

Job 15:10
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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