Job 42:1-2 - Exposition

Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou caner do every thing ; i.e. I know and acknowledge thy omnipotence, which thou hast set forth so magnificently before me in ch. 38-41. It is brought home to me by the grand review of thy works which thou hast made, and the details into which thou hast condescended to enter. I know also and acknowledge that no thought can be with-holden from thee ; i.e. I confess also thy omniscience—that thou knowest even the thoughts of all created beings (comp. Psalms 44:21 ; Psalms 139:2 ; Hebrews 4:13 , etc.).