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Job 26:4

Job 26:4
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

To whom hast thou uttered words?.... That others know not; dost thou think thou art talking to an ignorant man? be it known to thee, that he knows as much, and can say as much of the Divine Being, of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

To whom hast thou uttered words? - Jerome renders this, Quem docere voluisti? “Whom do you wish to teach?” The sense is, “Do you attempt to teach me in such a manner, on such a subject? Do you take it…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 26:1-4

One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his discourse. Bildad thought that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

to whom hast thou uttered words?] Job refers to himself and asks, Who is it that thou hast spoken such things to? The same feeling of conscious superiority to his friends and disdain of the…