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Job Is Humbled and Satisfied

42 Then Job answered the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things
    and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(A)
‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me that I did not know.(B)

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Job Replies to the Lord

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

I[a] know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.(A)
You asked, “Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?”(B)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to[b] know.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:2 Alt Hb tradition reads You
  2. Job 42:3 Lit me, and I did not