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Job 42:3

World English Bible

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.

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Job 42:3 in other translations

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.

Job 42:3 · American Standard Version

Job 42:3 in context

  1. 1Then Job answered Yahweh,
  2. 2“I know that you can do all things,
    and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
  3. 3You 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.
  4. 4You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
    I will question you, and you will answer me.’
  5. 5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you.