Job 42:4

You said to me, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; 1 I will ask you things, and you will tell me.' 1

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

In Context

3'Who is this who without knowledge conceals plans?' 1 Indeed, I have spoken things that I did not understand, 1 things too difficult for me to understand, which I did not know about. 1

5I had heard about you by my ear's hearing, 1 but now my eye sees you. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:30He said, “Please do not be angry, Lord, so I may speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” He replied, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”

Job 40:7“Now gird up your loins like a man, 1 for I will ask you questions, and you must 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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