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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 42:4

4. When I said, "Hear," &c., Job's demand ( :-) convicted him of being "without knowledge." God alone could speak thus to Job, not Job to God: therefore he quotes again God's words as the groundwork of retracting his own foolish words. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 42:5

5. hearing of the ear— ( :-, Margin). Hearing and seeing are often in antithesis (Job 29:11; Psalms 18:8). seeth—not God's face (Exodus 33:20), but His presence in the veil of a dark cloud (Exodus 33:20- :). Job implies also that, besides this literal seeing, he now saw spiritually what he had indistinctly taken on hearsay before God's infinite wisdom. He "now" proves this; he had seen in a literal sense before, at the beginning of God's speech, but he had not seen spiritually till "now" at its... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 42:1-6

4. Job’s second reply to God 42:1-6Job’s words reveal the changes that God’s revelations had produced in him. He was aware as never before that God had all power and all wisdom. This resulted in an attitude of awe and submission (Job 42:2). He saw that it was foolish for him to question God’s actions. God knew what He was doing even though Job did not.By quoting God’s first question back to Him (Job 42:3 a; Job 38:2), Job meant: "You were exactly right in asking, ’Who is this that hides counsel... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:1-6

Job’s Final WithdrawalJob 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 innocence. He feels that he may safely trust, even though he may never fully understand, and with Abraham he may rest convinced that the Judge of all the earth must do right.The difficulties of Job were the difficulties of the author and of the thoughtful men of his day. ’He had pondered the ethical... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:3

XLII.(3) Who is he that hideth counsel?—It is quite obvious that the right way of understanding these verses is, as in Isaiah 63:1-6, after the manner of a dialogue, in which Job and the Lord alternately reply. “Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?” were the words with which God Himself joined the debate in Job 38:2; and therefore, unless we assign them to Him here also, we must regard them as quoted by Job, and applied reflectively to himself; but it is far better to consider... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:4

(4) Hear, I beseech thee.—This cannot in like manner be appropriately assigned to Job, but, as in Job 38:3; Job 40:7, must be referred to God; then the confession of Job 42:5-6 comes in very grandly. How much of our knowledge of God is merely hearsay? and it is not till the experimental teaching of the Holy Ghost has revealed God to our consciences that we really see Him with the inward eye. The confession of Job, therefore, is the confession of every converted man. Compare in a much later and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 42:1-17

The Divine Attributes Job 42:2 The meaning is that there is no purpose which the Almighty cannot carry out. I. Though literally the words seem merely an acknowledgment of power they are also an admission of wisdom, the plans or purposes of which may be beyond the understanding of man. II. Job does not, as might have been expected, acknowledge the Divine righteousness. His confession corresponds to the Almighty's address to him. That address did not insist on any one Divine attribute, but... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 42:1-6

1XXVIII.THE RECONCILIATIONJob 38:1 - Job 42:6THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in chapters 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submission and owns his fault in doubting the faithfulness of Divine providence. The intervening passage containing descriptions of the great animals of the Nile is scarcely in the same high strain of poetic art or on the same high level of cogent reasoning. It seems rather of a hyperbolical kind, suggesting... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 42:1-6

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 spiritual discernment of these “great” scholars. They treat the Word of God as literature only and criticise it as such. We have seen that the additional words of Jehovah were needed to bring Job completely into the dust and bring from his lips the confession which alone could satisfy Jehovah and be... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 42:2

42:2 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. read more