Job 38:2
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkneth counsell by words without knowledge?
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4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answere me, and vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
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Job 38:2
Third-person singular present form of darken. Sense 1: To make dark or deprive of light. Sense 2: To obscure in understanding.
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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
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1THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
1¶ Then the LORD answered Iob out of the whirlewind, and sayd,
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
2Who is this that darkneth counsell by words without knowledge?
Selected passage3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
3Gird vp nowe thy loines like a man; for I will demaund of thee, and †answere thou me.