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Job 42:1-3
English Standard Version
Job 42:1-3
English Standard Version
Job's Confession and Repentance
42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that you can (A)do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 (B)‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things (C)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Job 42:1-3
Common English Bible
Job 42:1-3
Common English Bible
Job’s second response
42 Job answered the Lord:
2 I know you can do anything;
no plan of yours can be opposed successfully.
3 You said,[a] “Who is this darkening counsel without knowledge?”
I have indeed spoken about things I didn’t understand,
wonders beyond my comprehension.
Footnotes
- Job 42:3 Heb lacks You said.
Job 42:1-3
New International Version
Job 42:1-3
New International Version
Job
42 Then Job replied to the Lord:
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