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Job 42:4
4You said to me, “Listen carefully to what I will say. I will ask you questions and you must answer them.”
Job 42:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- New International Version (NIV)“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
Context of Job 42:4
2‘I know that you can do all things. You can do anything that you want to do. Nobody can stop you. 3You asked me, “Why do you ask questions about my wisdom, when you do not understand anything?” It is true. I was speaking about things that I do not understand. They are things that are too wonderful for me to know. You said to me, “Listen carefully to what I will say. I will ask you questions and you must answer them.” 5In the past, I had heard about you from other people. Now I have seen you for myself. 6So I am ashamed of the things that I said. I sit here in dirt and in ashes to show you that I am very sorry.’
Read all of Job 42Job 42:4 word by word
שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֭א וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 42:4
- Genesis 18:27Then Abraham spoke again. He said, ‘I have been brave enough to speak to the Lord. I know that I am nothing more than dust and ashes.
- Job 38:3Prepare yourself for a difficult job! I will ask you some questions and you must answer them.
- Job 40:7‘Prepare yourself for a difficult job! I will ask you some more questions and you must answer them.
Commentaries on Job 42:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak - This is the language of humble, docile submission. On former occasions he had spoken confidently and boldly of God; he had called in question the equity of his dealings with him; he had demanded that he might be permitted to carry his cause before him, and argue it there himself; Notes, Job 13:3, and notes Job 13:20-22. Now he is wholly changed. His is the submissive language of a docile child, and he begs to be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6Job 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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. When I said, "Hear," &c., Job's demand (Job 13:22) convicted him of being "without knowledge." God alone could speak thus to Job, not Job to God: therefore he quotes again God's words as the groundwork of retracting his own foolish words.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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