Job 15:8

8 Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

Job 15:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
ESV
8 Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
NLT
8 Were you listening at God’s secret council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
MSG
8 Were you listening in when God planned all this? Do you think you're the only one who knows anything?
CSB
8 Do you listen in on the council of God, or have a monopoly on wisdom?

Job 15:8 In-Context

6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
9 What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 29:4; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 40:13; Isaiah 41:28; Jeremiah 23:18; Romans 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:11
  • 2. S Job 12:2
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