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Job 42

Job 42:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoe is he that hideth
`alam (Hebrew #5956)
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
Pronounce: aw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
without knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
? therefore have I uttered
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
that I understood
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
not; things too wonderful
pala' (Hebrew #6381)
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
KJV usage: accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
Pronounce: paw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
f for me, which I knew
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
not.
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Job 38:2‑3• 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
 3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. (Job 38:2‑3)
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Psa. 131:1• 1<<A Song of degrees of David.>> Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. (Psa. 131:1)
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Psa. 139:6• 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. (Psa. 139:6)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 38:2• 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? (Job 38:2)
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Psa. 40:5• 5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. (Psa. 40:5)
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Psa. 131:1• 1<<A Song of degrees of David.>> Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. (Psa. 131:1)
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Psa. 139:6• 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. (Psa. 139:6)
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Prov. 30:2‑4• 2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
 3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
 4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? (Prov. 30:2‑4)
• Quoting Jehovah’s own words, he asks himself, Who is he who darkens counsel? —dares to throw a shadow upon the Almighty! Mysteries there are in His ways, as in all creation and providence; but nothing is gained by rebelling against these mysteries of divine counsel. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledgea? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

JND Translation Notes

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See ch. 38.2,3