Job 42:1-6

1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

2 I know that thou canst do every thing and that there is no thought hidden from thee.

3 Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have denounced that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

4 Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask of thee, and thou shalt cause me to know.

5 With my ears I had heard thee; but now my eyes see thee.

6 Therefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Job 42:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 42

This chapter contains Job's answer to the last speech of the Lord's, in which he acknowledges his omnipotence, and his certain performance of his purposes and pleasure; owns his own folly and ignorance, and confesses his sins; for which he abhorred himself, and of which he repented, Job 42:1-6; it also gives an account of the Lord's decision of the controversy between Job and his friends, blaming them and commending him above them; and ordered them to take sacrifices and go to Job and offer them, who should pray for them and be accepted, which was done, Job 42:7-9; and it closes with a relation of the great prosperity Job was restored unto, in which he lived and died, Job 42:10-17.