Job 42:2
I acknowledge that thou art able to do every thing, and that no deep plan of thine can be restrained.
Leeser Tanakh
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 answered Job unto the Lord, and said,
Cross References
Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, at this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
Psalms 44:21(44:22) Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 139:2Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off.
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatsoever God doth, that will be for ever; to it nothing can be added, and from it there is nothing to be diminished: and God hath so made it, that men should be afraid of him.
Isaiah 43:13Yea, from the [first] day am I he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: if I will work, is there one that can hinder it?
Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord search the heart, probe the reins: yea, to give unto every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
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 →