Jó 42:4

4 “Tu disseste: ‘Agora escute, e eu falarei;vou fazer perguntas,e você me responderá’.

Jó 42:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 42:4

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak
Not in the manner he had before, complaining of God and justifying himself, but in a way of humble entreaty of favours of him, of confession of sin before him, and of acknowledgment of his wisdom, goodness, and justice in all his dealings with him, which before he arraigned;

I will demand of thee;
or rather "I will make petition to thee", as Mr. Broughton renders it; humbly ask a favour, and entreat a gracious answer; for to demand is not so agreeable to the frame and temper of soul Job was now in;

and declare thou unto me;
or make him know what he knew not; he now in ignorance applies to God, as a God of knowledge, to inform him in things he was in the dark about, and to increase what knowledge he had. He was now willing to take the advice of Elihu, and pursue it, ( Job 34:31 Job 34:32 ) .

Jó 42:4 In-Context

2 “Sei que podes fazer todas as coisas;nenhum dos teus planos pode ser frustrado.

3 Tu perguntaste: ‘Quem é esse que obscurece o meu conselho sem conhecimento?’Certo é que falei de coisas que eu não entendia,coisas tão maravilhosas que eu não poderia saber.

4 “Tu disseste: ‘Agora escute, e eu falarei;vou fazer perguntas,e você me responderá’.

5 Meus ouvidos já tinham ouvido a teu respeito,mas agora os meus olhos te viram.

6 Por isso menosprezo a mim mesmoe me arrependo no pó e na cinza”.