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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:5-6

Hearsay and vision. I. HEARSAY IS NOT VISION . Hearsay may be distinguished from vision two ways. 1 . In respect of its nature. Hearsay, as the term signifies in common speech, is information received at second hand, by report, in contrast to that derived from personal observation and experience, which it is usual to describe as seeing. When applied to our knowledge of Divine things* the former may be understood as signifying all that instruction which comes to us from without,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:2

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 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 execute all his designs.Can be withholden... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:3

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 undertaken to explain the dealings of God; see the notes at that verse. As repeated here by Job, they are an acknowledgment of the truth of what is there implied, that “he” had been guilty of hiding counsel in this manner, and the repetition here is a part of his confession. He acknowledges that he “had”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:4

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak - This is the language of humble, docile submission. On former occasions he had spoken confidently and boldly of God; he had called in question the equity of his dealings with him; he had demanded that he might be permitted to carry his cause before him, and argue it there himself; Notes, Job 13:3, and notes Job 13:20-22. Now he is wholly changed. His is the submissive language of a docile child, and he begs to be permitted to sit down before God, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:5

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear - Referring to the indistinct views which we have of anything by merely hearing of it, compared with the clear apprehension which is furnished by sight. Job had had such views of God as one may obtain by being told of him; he now had such views as are furnished by the sight. The meaning is, that his views of God before were dark and obscure.But now mine eye seeth thee - We are not to suppose that Job means to say that he actually “saw” God, but... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:2

Job 42:2. 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 convinced of these, his conscience also was convinced of his own folly in speaking so irreverently concerning him. No thought can be withholden from thee No thought of ours can be withholden from thy knowledge. And there is no thought of thine which thou canst be hindered from bringing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:3

Job 42:3. 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 ignorant and foolish; things which I knew not I have spoken foolishly and unadvisedly of things far above my reach. “The recollection of Job,” says Dr. Dodd, “in this and the two following verses, is inimitably fine, and begins the catastrophe of the book, which is truly worthy of what... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:4

Job 42:4. Hear, I beseech thee Hear and accept my humble and penitent confession. I will demand of thee Hebrew, אשׁאלךְ , eshaleka, interrogabo te, I will inquire, ask, or make my petition to thee. I will no more dispute the matter with thee, but beg information from thee. The words which God had uttered to Job by way of challenge, Job returns to him in the way of submission. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:5

Job 42:5. But now mine eye seeth thee “It is plain,” says Dr. Dodd, “that there is some privilege intended here that Job had never enjoyed before, and which he calls a sight of God. He had heard of him by the hearing of the ear, or the tradition delivered down from his forefathers; but he had now a clear and sensible perception of his being and divine perfections; some light thrown in upon his mind, which carried its own evidence with it; and which to him had all the certainty and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 42:1-6

Job submits to God (42:1-6)Although Job does not have the answer to his problems, he knows now that God does - and God will not fail. God has not given Job any reason for his sufferings, but he has given Job a fuller knowledge of the all-powerful and all-wise God, and this has changed Job’s thinking.Now Job sees that God is above all and in control of all; he is concerned about the smallest detail. Although Job may not understand the reason why God does things, he is assured that God is working... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:5-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 42:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 42:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 42:1-6

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