Job 42:2

I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you.

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In The King James Version

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

In Context

1Then Job, responding to the Lord, said:

3So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:14Is anything difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son.”

Psalms 139:2Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.

Ecclesiastes 3:14I have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.

Isaiah 43:13And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?

Jeremiah 17:10I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

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 →

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