Job 42:2

I knowe that thou canst doe all things, and that there is no thought hidde from thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Iob answered the Lord, and sayd,

3Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:14(Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)

Psalms 44:21Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.

Ecclesiastes 3:14I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.

Isaiah 43:13Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?

Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.

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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