and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
Job 15:8 - Revised Standard Version Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Were you present to hear the secret counsel of God? And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself? American Standard Version (1901) Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself? Common English Bible Did you listen in God’s council; is wisdom limited to you? Catholic Public Domain Version Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee? |
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
as I was in my autumn days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent;
The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord to perceive and to hear his word, or who has given heed to his word and listened?
Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”
“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.