Job 42:3

For who is he that hides counsel from thee? or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? and who will tell me what I knew not, great and wonderful things which I understood not?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2I know that thou canst do all things, and nothing is impossible with thee.

4But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.

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Cross References

Job 11:9Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

Job 38:2Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?

Psalms 131:1A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, and all his meekness:

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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