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.

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  • Job 38:3

    Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

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  • Genesis 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.

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  • Genesis 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:

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