Job 42:2-3
What is written? (ESV)
I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 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.
What does it say?
I [Job] know that you [God] can do all things and that any purpose of yours cannot be thwarted. You asked who it was that passes judgment without knowing all the facts? Yes, it was I who spoke without understanding, things that are beyond me and don’t understand.
What is its immediate context?
Job is repeating a rhetorical question already asked by God (38:2). He and his friends have been speculating about “life questions” and God’s response and reaction, until finally, God Himself weighed in on the matter.
How Job 42:2-3 is applied across Bible answers
Can we answer every Bible question?
Job acknowledges that he "got out too far in front of his skis," as we might say. His questions about God went too far.
