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Job 42:1–3

Job’s Repentance and Restoration

42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:

2 “I know that You acan do everything,

And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

3 You asked, b‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’

Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,

cThings too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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Job 42:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

Then Job replied to the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things;

no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

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.

Job 42:1–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

“I know that you can do all things,

and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

‘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.

Job 42:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

I know that thou canst do every thing,

And that no thought can be withholden from thee.

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 42:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then Job replied to the Lord:

“I know that you can do anything,

and no one can stop you.

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.

Job 42:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

Then Job answered the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things

and that no plan of yours can be ruined.

You asked, ‘Who is this that made my purpose unclear by saying things that are not true?’

Surely I spoke of things I did not understand;

I talked of things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 42:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

I know that thou canst do all things,

And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?

Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not,

Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Job 42:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Job answered Jehovah and said, I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine. Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Job 42:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then Job answered the Lord

“I know that you can do everything 

and that your plans are unstoppable. 

“⸤You said,⸥ ‘Who is this that belittles my advice 

without having any knowledge ⸤about it⸥?’ 

Yes, I have stated things I didn’t understand, 

things too mysterious for me to know. 

Job 42:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then Job replied to the Lord:

I know that You can do anything

and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

You asked, “Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?”

Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,

things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 42:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Then Job answered the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things,

and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

‘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.

Job 42:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

“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 I did not understand;

things too wonderful for me, but I did not know.

Job 42:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Job replied to the Lord,

“I know that you can do anything.

No one can keep you from doing what you plan to do.

You asked me, ‘Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans?

You do not know what you are talking about.’

I spoke about things I didn’t completely understand.

I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.

Job 42:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then Job answered the Lord and said,

“I know that You can do all things,

And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’

Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,

Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”


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