Job 42:4

Shema, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; 1 I will ask of Thee, and declare Thou unto me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

In Context

3Who is this that hideth etzah (counsel) without da'as? 1 Therefore have I judged without understanding things too wonderful for me, 1 which I knew not. 1

5I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ozen, 1 but now mine eye hath seen Thee. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:30And he said unto Him, Oh let not Hashem be angry, and I will speak; suppose there shall thirty be found there. And He said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Job 40:7Gird up thy loins now like a gever. 1 I will question thee, and thou shall answer Me. 1

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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