King James Version
Job 42:3 in the King James Version says “Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful fo...” — study this verse from Job chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.”
Job 42:3 · KJV
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. no thought can be: or, no thought of thine can be hindered
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who is he that hideth”
H5956to veil from sight, i.e., conceal (literally or figuratively)
properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“therefore have I uttered”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that I understood”
H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand
“not things too wonderful”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“for me which I knew”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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