I know that thou canst do every thing— I know that thou art able to do every thing, and that wisdom cannot be attained without thee. Heath. And that there is no design which thou canst not accomplish. Houbigant.
Verse Job 42:2. _I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY_ THING] Thy power is unlimited; thy wisdom infinite....
I 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 oug...
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...
_do every thing_ Or, _canst do all_. _no thought can be withholden_ That is, NO PURPOSE. The meaning is that there is no purpose which the Almighty cannot carry out. Though literally the words seem me...
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...
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....
_I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY THING, AND THAT NO THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN FROM THEE._ In the first clause ("I know that thou canst do everything") he owns God to be omnipotent over nature, as cont...
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 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....
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...
_יָ֭דַעְתִּי_† כִּי ־כֹ֣ל תּוּכָ֑ל וְ לֹא ־יִבָּצֵ֖ר
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...
I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no (a) thought can be withholden from thee. (a) No thought so secret but you see it, nor anything that you think but that you can bring it to pass....
I know. So the Keri orders us to translate, with all the ancient versions, as the Hebrew text has, "thou knowest;" which Prof. Chappelow and Schultens deem more "sublime," though one would think it wa...
(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...
I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY [THING],.... As the works of creation, and the sustentation of them, show; so the Targum, "thou sustainest all things,'' and can manage, every creature made by him, e...
I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee. Ver. 2. _I know that thou canst do everything_] God's power is either absolute or actual. By the former he...
_I know thou canst do every thing_ Job here subscribes to God's unlimited power, knowledge, and dominion, to prove which was the scope of God's discourse out of the whirlwind. And his judgment being c...
I know that Thou canst do every thing, the omnipotence, the creative power of God, had been set before him in the most convincing manner, AND THAT NO THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN FROM THEE, no undertakin...
JOB'S HUMBLE CONFESSION....
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...
NO THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN: Or, no thought of thine can be hindered...
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....
THOU CANST DO; not only by power, (for that he always thought,) but also by right; about which he had in some sort doubted and disputed. It is a maxim in law, that a man can only do that which he hath...
Job 42:2 know H3045 (H8804) do H3201 (H8799) purpose H4209 withheld H1219 (H8735) thou -...
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. ⇐...
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...
Daniel 4:35; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ephesians 1:11; Ezekiel 38:10;...
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....
Thou canst, &c. — Job here subscribes to God's unlimited power, knowledge and dominion, to prove which was the scope of God's discourse out of the whirlwind. And his judgment being convinced of these,...