4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
4 Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
4 With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you?
4 Where in the world did you learn all this? How did you become so inspired?
4 To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?
4 Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 26:4
Commentary on Job 26:1-4
(Read Job 26:1-4)
Job derided Bildad's answer; his words were a mixture of peevishness and self-preference. Bildad ought to have laid before Job the consolations, rather than the terrors of the Almighty. Christ knows how to speak what is proper for the weary, Isaiah 50:4; and his ministers should not grieve those whom God would not have made sad. We are often disappointed in our expectations from our friends who should comfort us; but the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, never mistakes, nor fails of his end.