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Job 42:3
Job 42:3 is verse 3 of Job chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Job 38:2
King James Version
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.
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 42:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
3 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.
4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 40:5Many, 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.
Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:4Who 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!