Job 42:1

Then Job answered the LORD, and said:

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

In Context

2I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no purpose can be withholden from Thee.

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Cross References

Job 40:3Then Job answered the LORD, and said:

Matthew Henry on Job 42:1

Solomon says, "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof," Eccl. vii. 8 . It was so here in the story of Job; at the evening-time it was light. Three things we have met with in this book which, I confess , have troubled me very much; but we find all the three grievances redressed, thoroughly redressed, in this chapter, everything set to-rights. I. It has been a great trouble to us to see such a holy man as Job was so fretful, and peevish, and uneasy to himself, and especially to hear him quarrel with… Read the whole commentary →

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