Job 42:3
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.
King James Version
In Context
2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Cross References
Job 11:9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 131:1LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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 →