“Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
Job 42:3 - Tree of Life Version You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 [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) 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 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 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 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. |
“Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
“Indeed, my eye has seen it all, my ears have heard and understood it.
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Adonai, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes lofty, nor do I go after things too great or too difficult for me.
Blessed is the one who put his confidence in Adonai, who has not turned to the arrogant, nor to those who fall into falsehood.