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Job 26:3–4

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How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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From verse 3

  1. Acts 20:20Rank 1 from verse 3
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    20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,

  2. Acts 20:27Rank 2 from verse 3
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    27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

  3. Job 12:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  4. Job 13:5Rank 4 from verse 3
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    5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

  5. Job 15:8–10Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

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

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

From verse 4

  1. 1 Kings 22:23–24Rank 1 from verse 4
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    23Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

    24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

  2. 1 Corinthians 12:3Rank 2 from verse 4
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    3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

  3. 1 John 4:1–3Rank 3 from verse 4
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    1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

    2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

    3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

  4. Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 4 from verse 4
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    7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  5. Job 20:3Rank 5 from verse 4
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    3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

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Job 26:3

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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declared

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of declare, meaning to make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Job 26:4

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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uttered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of utter, meaning to speak, declare, or make known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

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4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

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5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

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