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“Whoמִיis thisזֶהthat darkensמַחְשִׁיךְcounselעֵצָהwith wordsבְמִלִּיןwithoutבְּלִיknowledge?דָעַת
Job 38:2
Study it in the app““Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?”
God answers Job from the whirlwind with questionsSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:2, word by word
- that darkensמַחְשִׁיךְmachshich
grow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “machshich” appears- counselעֵצָהetsa
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “etsa” appears- with wordsמִלִּיןmilin
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milin” appears- withoutבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- knowledgeדָעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears
The context
1And YHWH answered Job from the whirlwind and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3Gird up, please, your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you make known to me.