Translations
Modern
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Traditional
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.
Literal
‘Who is this, concealing counsel without knowledge?’ So I have declared, and did not understand—things too wonderful for me, and I did not know.
Latin
Quis est iste qui celat consilium absque scientia? ideo insipienter locutus sum, et quæ ultra modum excederent scientiam meam.
Original
Hebrew
English
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Notes
Job understood the message of God’s speeches: I know that You can do all things. Nothing is too hard for him (Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26). Job says, No plan of Yours can be thwarted (Job 23:13; Isaiah 14:27; 46:10). Job realized how different he was from God.
Theme notes and profiles
Complaints God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History Material Reward
Events
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC
Glossary
Topics
God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Submission of, to God