Job 42:4
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.
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 repent in dust and ashes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
- KJV
- Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- WEB
- You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
- ASV
- Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- DARBY
- Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.
- BLB
- ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
- ÅB
- Men hør nå, så vil jeg tale! Jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal lære meg.
- OTB
- ‘Hør nå, og jeg vil tale;
jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal informere meg.’ - B1930
- Men hør nu, så vil jeg tale! Jeg vil spørre dig, og du skal lære mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Read in contextJob 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Read in contextGenesis 18:30–32
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Read in contextGenesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Read in context