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Job 42:2

Thou hast known that [for] all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is [any] device:

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

In Context

1And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: —

3'Who [is] this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:14And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, 'Why [is] this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really — I bear — and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

Psalms 44:21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 139:2Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

Ecclesiastes 3:14I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

Isaiah 43:13Even from the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who doth turn it back?

Jeremiah 17:10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

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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