Job 42:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ [You said to me] Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge? Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. [Job 38:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ You said, “Who is this darkening counsel without knowledge?” I have indeed spoken about things I didn’t understand, wonders beyond my comprehension.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.

Job 42:3 Cross References

Job 11:7

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Job 11:9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job 13:1

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Job 38:2

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 5:9

which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

Psalm 131:1

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.

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Psalm 40:5

Many, 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.