New King James Version
Job 42:2
2“I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
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 Living Translation (NLT)“I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.
Context of Job 42:2
1Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. 3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
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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? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
- Isaiah 43:13Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?”
- Jeremiah 32:17‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.
- Matthew 19:26But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Mark 10:27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
- Mark 14:36And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
- Luke 18:27But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
- Psalms 44:21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
- Ezekiel 38:10‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:
- John 2:24But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men,
- John 21:17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved 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, “Feed My sheep.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Job 23:13“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
- Proverbs 19:21There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that 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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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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