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42 Then Job answered Yahweh,

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

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Job Repents and is Restored

42 Job replied to the Lord:

“I know[a] that you can do anything
    and nothing that you plan is impossible.
You asked,[b] ‘Who is this that darkens counsel without knowledge?’
    Well now, I have talked about what I don’t understand—
        awesome things beyond me that I don’t know.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:2 Or You know that I know
  2. Job 42:3 The Heb. lacks You asked