Job 42:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ ‘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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Job 42:3 Cross References

Job 11:7

“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?

Job 11:9

Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.

Job 13:1

“Look, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.

Job 38:2

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 5:9

He does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.

Psalm 131:1

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Psalm 40:5

You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be counted.