Job 34:35

35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

Job 34:35 in Other Translations

35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

35 'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'

35 ‘Job speaks out of ignorance; his words lack insight.’

35 'Job is an ignoramus. He talks utter nonsense.'

35 Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

35 'Job speaks without knowledge. His words show no insight.'

35 "Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight."

35 'Job doesn't know what he's talking about. The things he has said don't make any sense.'

Job 34:35 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:35

Job hath spoken without knowledge
Not that Job was an ignorant man, either in things natural or divine; but in this point, about the chastening hand of God upon him, he had said some things which betrayed lack of knowledge, as in ( Job 34:5 ) ;

and his words [were] without wisdom;
Job was not destitute of human wisdom, nor of spiritual wisdom, but no man is wise at all times; some things had dropped from him which savoured of folly and ignorance, and which he afterwards was convinced of, and confessed with shame, ( Job 40:4 Job 40:5 ) ( 42:3 ) ; being charged by the Lord himself with what he is here by Elihu, ( Job 38:2 ) ; and it may be observed, that Elihu does not charge Job with being a wicked man, as his three friends did, but as having spoken unadvisedly with lips, under his chastening circumstances, and which he labours to convince him of.

Job 34:35 In-Context

33 Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know.

34 “Men of understanding declare, wise men who hear me say to me,

35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

36 Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man!

37 To his sin he adds rebellion; scornfully he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

Cross References

• 1. Job 35:16; Job 38:2; Job 42:3
• 2. Job 26:3