Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 38:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Role in This Section
Job 38:2 advances the thought unit with the words “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?.” The LORD presses the unit's question through “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”, a line that belongs to The LORD Answers Job from the Whirlwind.
Read It With
- Job 38:1–38:3
Read Job 38:2 with 38:1–38:3. Read alone, “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: The long divine silence ends as the LORD speaks from the storm, challenges words without knowledge, and summons Job to answer questions.
Why It Needs Context
Job 38:2 depends on 38:1–38:3; isolating “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?” would detach a poetic premise, image, response, or transition from The LORD and “The LORD Answers Job from the Whirlwind.”
Read Job 38:1–3 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 38:1–38:3 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained divine-speech movement: “The LORD Answers Job from the Whirlwind.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 1. 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Verse 2. 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Verse 3. 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 38:1–38:3 — The LORD Answers Job from the WhirlwindSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 38:1–38:3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 38:1–38:3
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