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Job 42:3

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִ֤יmiwho?H4310 →
זֶ֨ה׀zehthisH2088 →
מַעְלִ֥יםma'.Lim[is] concealingH5956 →
עֵצָ֗ה'e.TzahcounselH6098 →
בְּֽלִ֫יbe.LinotH1097 →
דָ֥עַתDa.'atknowledgeH1847 →
לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
הִ֭גַּדְתִּיHi.gad.tiI have toldH5046 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
אָבִ֑ין'a.VinI understoodH995 →
נִפְלָא֥וֹתnif.la.'ot[things too] wonderfulH6381 →
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.nifor meH4480 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
אֵדָֽע׃'e.Da'I knewH3045 →

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Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.Psalms 139:4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.Proverbs 30:2–4Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.Psalms 77:10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.Proverbs 30:18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.Job 34:35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

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