Job 42:4
Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
In Context
5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Cross References
Genesis 18:30And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.
Job 40:7\40:12\Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
Matthew Henry on Job 42:2-7
Job's Humble Confession. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered the Lord , and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and… Read the whole commentary →