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Job replies to God[a]

42 Then Job replied to the Lord. He said this:

‘I know that you can do all things.
You can do anything that you want to do.
    Nobody can stop you.
You asked me, “Why do you ask questions about my wisdom,
    when you do not understand anything?”
It is true. I was speaking about things that I do not understand.
    They are things that are too wonderful for me to know.

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Footnotes

  1. 42:1 Job has heard God speak. Job has heard God speak about himself. And now Job sees that God's wisdom is so much greater than Job's wisdom. He sees that God's power is so much greater than the power of any man. Job is now sorry about the things that he said. He is ready to believe God again.

Job

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things;(A)
    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(B)
You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’(C)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.(D)

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