Job 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
Cross References
Job 11:9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 131:1A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack 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 →