Job 42:4

Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

In Context

3Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not know.

5By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:30And he said Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, Peradventure there may be found there—thirty And he said, I will not to it, if I find there—thirty.

Job 40:7Gird, I pray thee—as a strong man—thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou 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 →

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