Bible verse
Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 15:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 15.
4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
KJV
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
ASV
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
ERV
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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