Job 42:1-6

1 Job responde al Señor
Entonces Job respondió al Señor
:

2 «Sé que todo lo puedes,
y que nadie puede detenerte.

3 Tú preguntaste: “¿Quién es este que pone en duda mi sabiduría con tanta ignorancia?”.
Soy yo y hablaba de cosas sobre las que no sabía nada,
cosas demasiado maravillosas para mí.

4 Tú dijiste: “¡Escucha y yo hablaré!
Tengo algunas preguntas para ti
y tendrás que contestarlas”.

5 Hasta ahora solo había oído de ti,
pero ahora te he visto con mis propios ojos.

6 Me retracto de todo lo que dije,
y me siento en polvo y ceniza en señal de arrepentimiento».

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.