Job 26:3

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

Job 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Job 26:3

How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom?
&c.] A man deprived of wisdom has need of counsel, and it should be given him; and he does well both to ask and take it; and be it so, as if Job should say, that I am the foolish and unwise creature you take me to be, what counsel and advice have you given me? what a wise counsellor have you shown yourself to be? or rather, what a miserable part have you acted under this character?

and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
the thing in controversy, set it forth in a clear light, and in a copious manner, when he had not said one word about it, namely, concerning the afflictions of the godly, and the prosperity of the wicked; thus jeering at him, and laughing at the short reply he had made, and which was nothing to the purpose.

Job 26:3 In-Context

1 Job answered and said,

2 How hast thou helped the one who has no power? Hast thou saved with thy arm the one who has no strength?

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

4 To whom hast thou uttered words, and whose is the spirit that comes forth from thee?

5 Dead things are formed under the waters and of its dwelling places.