Job 42:3

מִי זֶה ׀ מַעְלִים עֵצָה בְּֽלִי דָעַת לָכֵן הִגַּדְתִּי וְלֹא אָבִין נִפְלָאוֹת מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא אֵדָֽע ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2ידעת כִּי ־ כֹל תּוּכָל וְלֹא ־ יִבָּצֵר מִמְּךָ מְזִמָּֽה ׃

4שְֽׁמַֽע ־ נָא וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר אֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי ׃

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Cross References

Job 11:9אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי ־ יָֽם ׃

Job 38:2מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי ־ דָֽעַת ׃

Psalms 131:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּֽעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד יְהוָה ׀ לֹא ־ גָבַהּ לִבִּי וְלֹא ־ רָמוּ עֵינַי וְלֹֽא ־ הִלַּכְתִּי ׀ בִּגְדֹלוֹת וּבְנִפְלָאוֹת מִמֶּֽנִּי ׃

Proverbs 30:2כִּי בַעַר אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ וְלֹֽא ־ בִינַת אָדָם לִֽי ׃

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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