Job 42:3

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.

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.

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

    LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

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  • Job 38:2

    Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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  • Psalms 139:6

    Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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  • Psalms 40:5

    Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

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  • Proverbs 30:2–4

    Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

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