Job 42:1-6

Job

1 Then Job replied to the LORD:

2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’

5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

6 Therefore I despise 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 18:14; S Matthew 19:26
• 2. S 2 Chronicles 20:6; S Job 16:19; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 1:11
• 3. S Job 34:35; Job 38:2
• 4. S Job 5:9; Psalms 40:5; Psalms 131:1; Psalms 139:6
• 5. S Job 38:3; Job 40:7
• 6. S Job 26:14; Romans 10:17
• 7. Judges 13:22; Isaiah 6:5; S Matthew 5:8; Luke 2:30; Ephesians 1:17-18
• 8. Job 40:4; Ezekiel 6:9; Romans 12:3
• 9. S Job 34:33
• 10. S Exodus 10:3; S Ezra 9:6; S Job 2:8; S Job 6:29