Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 42:3
Who — What am I that I should be guilty of such madness! Therefore — Because my mind was without knowledge. Knew not — I have spoken foolishly and unadvisedly of all things far above my reach.
Who — What am I that I should be guilty of such madness! Therefore — Because my mind was without knowledge. Knew not — I have spoken foolishly and unadvisedly of all things far above my reach.
Verse Job 42:3. _WHO_ IS _HE THAT HIDETH COUNSEL_] These are the words of Job, and they are a repetition of what Jehovah said, Job 38:2: "Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge...
WHO IS HE THAT HIDETH COUNSEL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE? - This is repeated from Job 38:2. As used there these are the words of the Almighty, uttered as a reproof of Job for the manner in which he had underta...
VI. THE CONFESSION OF JOB CHAPTER 42:1-6 Critics claim that Job's answer is misplaced and that it really ought to be put in connection with chapter 41:3-5. This is another evidence of the lack of spi...
Job's final speech (continuation of Job 40:3). Job 42:1 is to be removed as a gloss: as are also Job 42:3 a, Job 42:4 b, which are quoted from...
WHO IS HE... ? Supply the obvious _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "[Thou askedst] 'Who is this?. "&c.; which Jehovah did ask in Job 38:1....
Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World? All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the...
Job 42:1-6. Job's reply to the Lord's Second Address from the Storm The Lord's words make Job feel more deeply than before that greatness which belongs to God alone, and with deep compunction he retr...
_who is he that hideth_ That is, that _obscures_counsel. The words of the Almighty (ch. Job 38:2) echo through Job's mind, and he repeats them, speaking of himself. The rest of the verse expands the i...
WHO IS HE THAT HIDETH COUNSEL, &C.— _Who is he that pretends to disclose the wisdom which is incomprehensible? Surely I spoke what I did not understand; wonders beyond my reach, which I could not know...
D. MAN IN GOD'S IMAGE VS. GOD IN MAN'S IMAGE (Job 42:1-6) TEXT 42:1-6 42 THEN JOB ANSWERED JEHOVAH AND SAID, 2 I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained....
_WHO IS HE THAT HIDETH COUNSEL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE? THEREFORE HAVE I UTTERED THAT I UNDERSTOOD NOT; THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME, WHICH I KNEW NOT._ Job, in God's own words (Job 38:2), expresses his deep...
42:3 knowledge? (a-8) See ch. 38.2,3...
Job soliloquises. 'Well might God say to him (Job 38:2): Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?' i.e. that misreads in his ignorance the real facts of divine providence. The point is that...
JOB'S FINAL WITHDRAWAL Job at last has learned his lesson. The convincing evidences of wisdom, power, and love which God has offered him, have led him to lay aside his pride of intellect and pride of...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 42 THE END OF JOB’S TROUBLE...
Job had heard God’s speech. So Job realised his error. He was not an evil man. But he had spoken unwise words about God. Sometimes Job complained about God’s behaviour. And sometimes Job accused God....
XLII. (3) WHO IS HE THAT HIDETH COUNSEL? — It is quite obvious that the right way of understanding these verses is, as in Isaiah 63:1, after the manner of a dialogue, in which Job and the Lord alterna...
מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַעְלִ֥ים עֵצָ֗ה בְּֽלִ֫י דָ֥עַת...
RESTORED TO RIGHT RELATIONS WITH GOD Job 42:1 In complete surrender Job bowed before God, confessing his ignorance and owning that he had spoken glibly of things which he understood not. He had retor...
Job's answer is full of the stateliness of a great submission. As he speaks the words of surrender he appears mightier in his submission than all the things into the presence of which he has been brou...
Who [is] he that hideth counsel without (b) knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, (c) which I knew not. (b) Is there any but I? for this God laid to...
Who. Hebrew, "Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?" (Protestants) This seems to allude to the words of God, chap. xxxviii. 2. Each of my friends has only rendered the ways of Providence mo...
(1) В¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said, (2) I know that thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. (3) Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore h...
God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
WHO [IS] HE THAT HIDETH COUNSEL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?.... It may be understood, and supplied, as it is by Cocceius, "thou didst say"; as the Lord had said, or to this purpose, Job 38:2; to which Job here...
Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Ver. 3. _Who is he that hideth counsel without knowle...
_Who is he that hideth counsel?_ What am I, that I should be guilty of such madness? _Therefore have I uttered that I understood not_ Because my mind was without knowledge, therefore my speech was ign...
JOB'S HUMBLE CONFESSION....
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? That was the question which the Lord had addressed to Job at the beginning of His discourse, 38:2, and Job now acknowledges the truth of this verdict....
JOBS REPENTANCE AND PRAYER (vv.1-9) Who would not be totally subdued after hearing God speak such things as He did to Job? What a change took place in Job's attitude and in his words! He was humbled...
1-6 Job was now sensible of his guilt; he would no longer speak in his own excuse; he abhorred himself as a sinner in heart and life, especially for murmuring against God, and took shame to himself....
WHO IS HE? i.e. what am I, that I should dare to do so? Ah silly audacious wretch that I am, that I should be guilty of such madness! THAT HIDETH COUNSEL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE; which words are repeated ou...
Job 42:3 hides H5956 (H8688) counsel H6098 knowledge H1847 uttered H5046 (H8689) understand H995 (H8799) wonderful...
CONTENTS: Job's self-judgment, followed by new prosperity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz, three friends. CONCLUSION: Righteousness in a man is excellent but when one becomes too much aware of their...
Job 42:5. _But now mine eye seeth thee._ I have seen thee in thy works, and heard the voice of nature. I have heard all those speeches of my friends, circumscribed in knowledge, and erroneous in judgm...
_Then Job answered the Lord, and said._ JOB’S CONFESSION AND RESTORATION I. Job’s acknowledgment of God’s greatness. Throughout his speeches Job had frequently asserted the majesty of God. But now h...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 42:1 In response to the Lord’s rebuke, Job confesses that the Lord’s power and purposes will not fail, and that he has spoken of things beyond his knowledge. ⇐...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 42:3 In each of these verses, Job quotes the Lord’s questions (see Job 38:2; also Job 40:7) before responding to them.
NOTES Job 42:11. “_A piece of money_.” According to Gesenius and others, קשׂיִטָה (_kesitah_), from the unused root קָשַׂט = قَسَطٰ (_kasata_) to “be just or true;” whence قسْط (_Kistoon_) “balances;”...
SECTION VII.—HISTORICAL SEQUEL TO THE DIALOG EXPOSITION JOB 42:1 This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part (Job 42:1) Job makes his final subm
Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that you can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from thee (Job 42:1-2). Pretty important: "I know God can do everything." Secondly, "I kno...
Job 38:2; Proverbs 30:2; Psalms 131:1; Psalms 139:6; Psalms 40:5...
GOD SPEAKS TO JOB Job 38:1 _to Job 42:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed on those lines....