New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 42:2
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 and said, “I know that You can do all things, And that no plan is impossible for You. 3‘Who is this who conceals advice without knowledge?’ Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I do not know. 4‘Please listen, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.’
Read all of Job 42Job 42:2 word by word
יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־כֹ֣ל תּוּכָ֑ל וְלֹא־יִבָּצֵ֖ר מִמְּךָ֣ מְזִמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 42:2
- Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, And there is no one who can rescue from My hand; I act, and who can reverse it?”
- Jeremiah 32:17‘Oh, Lord God! Behold, You Yourself have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You,
- Matthew 19:26And looking at them, Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Mark 10:27Looking at them, Jesus said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
- Mark 14:36And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”
- Luke 18:27But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”
- Psalms 44:21Would God not find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, To give to each person according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
- Ezekiel 38:10‘This is what the Lord God says: “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,
- John 2:24But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people,
- John 21:17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was hurt because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Tend My sheep.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Job 23:13But He is unique, and who can make Him turn? Whatever His soul desires, He does it.
- Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand.
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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Notes
- 1. Job 42:2 Gen 18:14; Matt 19:26 ↩
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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