Job 42:3
'Who [is] this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thou hast known that [for] all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is [any] device:
4'Hear, I pray thee, and I — I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
Cross References
Job 11:9Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Job 38:2Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
Psalms 131:1A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.
Proverbs 30:2For I am more brutish than any one, 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 →