Job 42:3 · KJV
“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.”
— Job 42:3
I know that thou canst do every {thing}, and {that} no thought can be withholden from thee. {no thought can be...: or, no thought of thine can be hindered}
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job 42 — Context
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2I know that thou canst do every {thing}, and {that} no thought can be withholden from thee. {no thought can be...: or, no thought of thine can be hindered}
3Who {is} he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Cross References
Psalms 131:1
[A Song of degrees of David.] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. {exercise...: Heb. walk} {high: Heb. wonderful}
Psalms 139:6
{Such} knowledge {is} too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot {attain} unto it.
Job 38:2
Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Psalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, {are} thy wonderful works {which} thou hast done, and thy thoughts {which are} to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: {if} I would declare and speak {of them}, they are more than can be numbered. {they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee}
Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.