Job 42:1-5

Job's Confession

1 Then Job answered the LORD and said,
2 "I know that 1You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
3 'Who is this that 2hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things 3too wonderful for me, which I did not know."
4 'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will 4ask You, and You instruct me.'
5 "I have 5heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my 6eye sees You;

Job 42:1-5 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.

Cross References 6

  • 1. Genesis 18:14; Matthew 19:26
  • 2. Job 38:2
  • 3. Psalms 40:5; Psalms 131:1; Psalms 139:6
  • 4. Job 38:3; Job 40:7
  • 5. Job 26:14; Romans 10:17
  • 6. Isaiah 6:5; Ephesians 1:17, 18
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