Job 42:3
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
מִיmiwho?H4310זֶה׀zehthisH2088מַעְלִיםma'lim[is] concealingH5956עֵצָה'etzahcounselH6098בְּלִיbelinotH1097דָעַתda'atknowledgeH1847לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651הִגַּדְתִּיhigadtiI have toldH5046וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808אָבִין'avinI understoodH995נִפְלָאוֹתnifla'ot[things too] wonderfulH6381מִמֶּנִּיmimenifor meH4480וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808אֵדָע׃'eda'I knewH3045
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- Psalm 131:1LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.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.
- Psalm 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- Psalm 40:5Many, 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.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.
- Proverbs 30:2-42 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?2 Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man. 3 I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
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