Job 42:3
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no purpose can be withholden from Thee.
4Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.
Cross References
Job 11:9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 131:1A Song of Ascents; of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man;
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 →