Job 42:3

You asked, ‘Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?’ I was speaking about things I didn't understand—things too wonderful for me to know.

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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

2“I know you can do anything. No one can prevent you doing what you want.

4You told me, ‘Listen to me, I am going to speak. I am going to question you, and you must answer me.’

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Cross References

Job 11:9It extends farther than the earth, and wider than the sea.

Job 38:2“Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?

Psalms 131:1Lord, I'm not proud or arrogant. I don't worry about things that are beyond me, matters that are far beyond my experience.

Proverbs 30:2I'm so stupid I'm not really a man; I can't even think like a human being.

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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