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Selected Verse: Job 42:3 - King James

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Job 42:3 King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
I am the man! Job in God's own words (Job 38:2) expresses his deep and humble penitence. God's word concerning our guilt should be engraven on our hearts and form the groundwork of our confession. Most men in confessing sin palliate rather than confess. Job in omitting "by words" (Job 38:2), goes even further than God's accusation. Not merely my words, but my whole thoughts and ways were "without knowledge."

too wonderful--I rashly denied that Thou hast any fixed plan in governing human affairs, merely because Thy plan was "too wonderful" for my comprehension.
 
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2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?