Bible verse
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Job 42:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 42.
1 Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
6 Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
KJV
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.
ASV
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
ERV
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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