Job 42:2

I know that thou canst do all things, 1 And nothing is impossible with thee. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 Job answered and said to the Lord, 1

3For who is he that hides counsel from thee? 1 Or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? 1 And who will tell me what I knew not, 1 Great and wonderful things which I understood not? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:14Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarah shall have a son.

Psalms 139:2Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; 1 Deliver me from the unjust man. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatsoever things God has done, 1 They shall be forever: 1 It is impossible to add to it, 1 And it is impossible to take away from it: 1 And God has done it, that men may fear before him. 1

Isaiah 43:13even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back?

Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

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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