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“I know that you can do all things,
and any scheme from you will not be thwarted.
‘Who is this darkening counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I uttered, but[a] I did not understand;
things too wonderful for me,[b] but I did not know.
‘Hear and I will speak;
I will question you, then[c] inform me.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:3 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 42:3 Literally “wonderful things from me”
  3. Job 42:4 Hebrew “and”

“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)

“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’(E)

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