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I know that you can do all things,[a]
    and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.
“Who is this who obscures counsel with ignorance?”
I have spoken but did not understand;
    things too marvelous for me, which I did not know.(A)
“Listen, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you tell me the answers.”

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Footnotes

  1. 42:2–4 In his final speech, Job quotes God’s own words (see 38:2–3; 40:7).

“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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