Job 42:3
1 Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
- ASV
- Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- DARBY
- Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- BLB
- ‘Who [is] this, concealing counsel without knowledge?’ So I have declared, and did not understand—things too wonderful for me, and I did not know.
- ÅB
- Hvem er den som vil formørke ditt råd i uforstand? Derfor må jeg si: Jeg har talt om det jeg ikke forsto, om det som var meg for underlig, og som jeg ikke skjønte.
- OTB
- ‘Hvem er det som formørker råd uten kunnskap?’
Sannelig, jeg talte om ting jeg ikke forstod,
ting for underfulle for meg å vite. - B1930
- Hvem er den som vil formørke ditt råd i uforstand? Derfor må jeg si: Jeg har talt om det jeg ikke forstod, om det som var mig for underlig, og som jeg ikke skjønte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 131:1
My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Read in contextJob 38:2
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
Read in contextPsalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Read in contextPsalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Read in contextProverbs 30:2–4
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Read in context