God’s Word Translation
Job 42:2
2“I know that you can do everything and that your plans are unstoppable.
Job 42:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
- New International Version (NIV)“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
Context of Job 42:2
1Then Job answered the Lord, “I know that you can do everything and that your plans are unstoppable. 3“⌞You said,⌟ ‘Who is this that belittles my advice without having any knowledge ⌞about it⌟?’ Yes, I have stated things I didn’t understand, things too mysterious for me to know. 4“⌞You said,⌟ ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you will teach me.’
Read all of Job 42Job 42:2 word by word
יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־כֹ֣ל תּוּכָ֑ל וְלֹא־יִבָּצֵ֖ר מִמְּךָ֣ מְזִמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 42:2
- Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Isaiah 43:13“From the ⌞first⌟ day I was the one ⌞who did this⌟. No one can rescue people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?”
- Jeremiah 32:17‘Almighty Lord, you made heaven and earth by your great strength and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
- Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, “It is impossible for people ⌞to save themselves⌟, but everything is possible for God.”
- Mark 10:27Jesus looked at them and said, “It’s impossible for people ⌞to save themselves⌟, but it’s not impossible for God to save them. Everything is possible for God.”
- Mark 14:36He said, “Abba! Father! You can do anything. Take this cup ⌞of suffering⌟ away from me. But let your will be done rather than mine.”
- Luke 18:27Jesus said, “The things that are impossible for people to do are possible for God to do.”
- Psalms 44:21wouldn’t God find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
- Psalms 139:2You alone know when I sit down and when I get up. You read my thoughts from far away.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.
- Ezekiel 38:10“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: At that time ideas will enter your head, and you will make wicked plans.
- John 2:24Jesus, however, was wary of these believers. He understood people
- John 21:17Jesus asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” So Peter said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep.
- Hebrews 4:12God’s word is living and active. It is sharper than any two-edged sword and cuts as deep as the place where soul and spirit meet, the place where joints and marrow meet. God’s word judges a person’s thoughts and intentions.
- Job 23:13“But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants!
- Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in the human heart, but the advice of the Lord will endure.
Commentaries on Job 42:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I know that thou canst do every thing - Thy power is unlimited; thy wisdom infinite.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I know that thou canst do everything - This is said by Job in view of what had been declared by the Almighty in the previous chapters. It is an acknowledgment that God was omnipotent, and that man ought to be submissive, under the putting forth of his infinite power. One great object of the address of the Almighty was to convince Job of his majesty, and that object was fully accomplished. And that no thought - No purpose or plan of thine. God was able to…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. 1-62. In the first clause he owns God to be omnipotent over nature, as contrasted with his own feebleness, which God had proved (Job 40:15; 41:34); in the second, that God is supremely just (which, in order to be governor of the world, He must needs be) in all His dealings, as contrasted with his own vileness (Job 42:6), and incompetence to deal with the wicked as a just judge (Job 40:8-14). thought--"purpose," as in Job 17:11; but it is usually applied to…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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