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Job 42:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Job 42:3

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1 Then Job answered the LORD:

2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

3 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.

4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

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Job 42:1

"Then Job answered the LORD:"

Job 42:2

"“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained."

Job 42:4

"You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’"

Job 42:5

"I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you."

Job 42:6

"Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”"

Job 42:7

"It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."

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