Geneva Study Bible - Job 42:4
42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, {d} and declare thou unto me.(d) He shows that he will be God’s scholar to learn of him. read more
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John Calvin
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Job 42:5
42:5 I have {e} heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.(e) I knew you only before by hearsay, but now you have caused me to feel what you are to me, that I may resign myself over to you. read more
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:1-17
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 to the dust, as he says, "I know You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know" (vv.2-3). He now... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 42:1-6
After the Storm Job 42:1-6 What does it all come to? We have been much excited by the process, what is its consummation? Is the end worthy of the beginning? Is the literary structure well put together, and does it end in domes and pinnacles worthy of its magnitude and original purpose? Or is this a lame and impotent conclusion? Let us deal frankly with the facts as they are before us. It is difficult to avoid the feeling of some disappointment as we come to the conclusion of the Book of Job.... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 42:1
CONTENTS This chapter brings us to the close of Job's history, in which we find the testimony which the Holy Ghost gave by his servant James, to be true. The end of the Lord concerning him is, that the Lord is very pitiful and gracious. Job submitteth himself to God. The Lord having reproved his servant for what was in him wrong, now prefers his cause in what he was right, and in making the three friends of Job submit themselves. The Lord blesseth the close of Job's life more than the... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 42:1-6
(1) ¶ 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 have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. (4) Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. (5) I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. (6) Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent... read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 42:2
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 was hardly "sense." (Kennicott) --- Hid. Hebrew, "of thine can be hindered." All thy orders must be obeyed. It is in vain to keep silence: (chap. xxxix. 34.) I will confess openly thy justice and power. (Haydock) -- He acknowledges his error, in not having before spoken enough of a just Providence.... read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 42:3
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 more obscure, and I myself have not perfectly understood them. (Haydock) --- Unwisely. See chap. xxxix. 35. (Worthington) (Du Hamel) --- Hebrew, "without knowledge, thing wonderful to me, which I knew not." (Haydock) --- Now I comprehend that thou didst not afflict me, but hast given me into the... read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 42:5
Seeth thee. Some have thought that God now manifested himself from the cloud. (Eusebius, Dem. i. 4.; Titalman, &c.) But all now agree that he only enlightened his understanding, and made known his designs more clearly. (Calmet) --- Job now perceived that he had spoken too boldly, in saying, Hear, and I will speak, &c., ver. 4. The rest of this book is in prose. (Tirinus) read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Job 42:3
42:3 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 his charge, Job 38:2.(c) I confess in this my ignorance, and that I spoke of what I did not know. read more