E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 42:3
Who is he . . . ? Supply the obvious Ellipsis ( App-6 ) thus: "[Thou askedst] 'Who is this? ' "&c.; which Jehovah did ask in Job 38:1-3 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 42:4
Hear = Hear, now. I will demand of thee. Supply the Ellipsis ( App-6 ): "[Thou saidst]; ' Let him answer Me' "(See Job 40:2 ). read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 42:1
JOB 42JOB'S REPENTANCE AND THE EPILOGUE"Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, I know that thou canst do all things,And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?Therefore have I uttered things which I understood not,Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak;I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;But now mine eye seeth thee.Wherefore I abhor... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 42:1
CHAP. XLII. Job humbleth himself before God, who, preferring Job's cause, accepteth him, and commands his friends to make due submission. He blesses the latter end of Job, doubling all his fortunes. Before Christ 1645. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 42:2
Job 42:2. 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. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 42:3
Job 42:3. 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. Heath. The recollection of Job in this and the two following verses is inimitably fine, and begins the catastrophe of the poem, which is truly worthy of what precedes. The interrogatory clauses, in the beginning of this and the next verses, are repetitions of what Jehovah had said;... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 42:5
Job 42:5. I have heard of thee, &c.— It is plain that here is same privilege intended, which 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 the mind, which carried its own evidence with it, and of which, perhaps, we can form no notion; but which to him had all the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 42:2
2. 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; Job 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 42:6- :). thought—"purpose," as in Job 17:11; but it is usually applied to evil devices (Job 21:27; Psalms 10:2):... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 42:3
3. I am the man! Job in God's own words (Job 38:2) expresses his deep and humble penitence. God's word concerning our guilt should be engraven on our hearts and form the groundwork of our confession. Most men in confessing sin palliate rather than confess. Job in omitting "by words" (Job 38:2- :), goes even further than God's accusation. Not merely my words, but my whole thoughts and ways were "without knowledge." too wonderful—I rashly denied that Thou hast any fixed plan in governing human... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 42:1
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more