Job 42:3

Who is he that dareth to conceal [thy] counsel without knowledge? Truly I have spoken of what I understood not, of things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Leeser Tanakh

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 acknowledge that thou art able to do every thing, and that no deep plan of thine can be restrained.

4Oh do but hear [me], and I will indeed speak: I will ask of thee, and do thou inform me.

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Cross References

Job 11:9Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.

Job 38:2Who is this that casteth darkness [on my] counsel by words without knowledge?

Psalms 131:1“A song of the degrees by David.” O Lord, my heart was not haughty, nor were my eyes lofty: neither have I walked after matters too great, or those too wonderful for me.

Proverbs 30:2“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a common 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 →

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