Job 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
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In Context
2“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
4You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
Cross References
Job 11:9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 38:2“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 131:1LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
Proverbs 30:2“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
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 →