Job 42:3
Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not know.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2I know that, all things, thou canst do, and that no purpose can be withholden from thee.
4Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
Cross References
Job 11:9Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
Job 38:2Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?
Psalms 131:1O Yahweh, my heart, is not haughty, nor are mine eyes, lofty, neither have I moved among great matters, or among affairs too wonderful for me.
Proverbs 30:2Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
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 →