Revised Literal Translation
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 Yhwh, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־כֹ֣ל תּוּכָ֑ל וְלֹא־יִבָּצֵ֖ר מִמְּךָ֣ מְזִמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 42:2
- Genesis 18:14Is any thing too hard for Yhwh? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
- Isaiah 43:13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
- Jeremiah 32:17Ah Lord Yhwh! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Matthew 19:26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
- Mark 10:27And Jesus looking upon them saith, 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 unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
- Luke 18:27And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
- Psalms 44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Jeremiah 17:10I Yhwh search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
- John 2:24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
- John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
- Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of Yhwh, that shall 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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- 1. Job 42:2 no thought can be…: or, no thought of thine can be hindered. ↩
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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