Job 42:3
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42:3you asked,1
‘Who is this who darkens counsel
without knowledge?’
But2 I have declared without understanding3
things too wonderful for me to know.4
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- 1 The expression “you asked” is added here to clarify the presence of the line to follow. Many commentators delete it as a gloss from Job 38:2. If it is retained, then Job has to be recalling God’s question before he answers it.
- 2 The word לָכֵן (lakhen) is simply “but,” as in Job 31:37.
- 3 Heb “and I do not understand.” The expression serves here in an adverbial capacity. It also could be subordinated as a complement: “I have declared [things that] I do not understand.”
- 4 The last clause is “and I do not know.” This is also subordinated to become a dependent clause.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wondrous for me to know.
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NLTNew Living Translation
You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’
It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
‘Who is this darkening counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand;
things too wonderful for me, but I did not know.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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