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George Haydock's Catholic 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. (Worthington)

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See also Job 42:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 42:2. _I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY_ THING] Thy power is unlimited; thy wisdom infinite....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERYTHING - This is said by Job in view of what had been declared by the Almighty in the previous chapters. It is an acknowledgment that God was omnipotent, and that man oug...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 spi...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Job's final speech (continuation of Job 40:3). Job 42:1 is to be removed as a gloss: as are also Job 42:3 a, Job 42:4 b, which are quoted from...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _do every thing_ Or, _canst do all_. _no thought can be withholden_ That is, NO PURPOSE. The meaning is that there is no purpose which the Almighty cannot carry out. Though literally the words seem me...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World? All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 42:1-6. Job's reply to the Lord's Second Address from the Storm The Lord's words make Job feel more deeply than before that greatness which belongs to God alone, and with deep compunction he retr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY THING— _I know that thou art able to do every thing, and that wisdom cannot be attained without thee._ Heath. _And that there is no design which thou canst not accompli...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. MAN IN GOD'S IMAGE VS. GOD IN MAN'S IMAGE (Job 42:1-6) TEXT 42:1-6 42 THEN JOB ANSWERED JEHOVAH AND SAID, 2 I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY THING, AND THAT NO THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN FROM THEE._ In the first clause ("I know that thou canst do everything") he owns God to be omnipotent over nature, as cont...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S FINAL WITHDRAWAL Job 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job had heard God’s speech. So Job realised his error. He was not an evil man. But he had spoken unwise words about God. Sometimes Job complained about God’s behaviour. And sometimes Job accused God....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _יָ֭דַעְתִּי_† כִּי ־כֹ֣ל תּוּכָ֑ל וְ לֹא ־יִבָּצֵ֖ר

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    RESTORED TO RIGHT RELATIONS WITH GOD Job 42:1 In complete surrender Job bowed before God, confessing his ignorance and owning that he had spoken glibly of things which he understood not. He had retor...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Job's answer is full of the stateliness of a great submission. As he speaks the words of surrender he appears mightier in his submission than all the things into the presence of which he has been brou...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I KNOW THAT THOU CANST DO EVERY [THING],.... As the works of creation, and the sustentation of them, show; so the Targum, "thou sustainest all things,'' and can manage, every creature made by him, e...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I know thou canst do every thing_ Job here subscribes to God's unlimited power, knowledge, and dominion, to prove which was the scope of God's discourse out of the whirlwind. And his judgment being c...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I know that Thou canst do every thing, the omnipotence, the creative power of God, had been set before him in the most convincing manner, AND THAT NO THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN FROM THEE, no undertakin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB'S HUMBLE CONFESSION....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    NO THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN: Or, no thought of thine can be hindered...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Job was now sensible of his guilt; he would no longer speak in his own excuse; he abhorred himself as a sinner in heart and life, especially for murmuring against God, and took shame to himself....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU CANST DO; not only by power, (for that he always thought,) but also by right; about which he had in some sort doubted and disputed. It is a maxim in law, that a man can only do that which he hath...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 42:2 know H3045 (H8804) do H3201 (H8799) purpose H4209 withheld H1219 (H8735) thou -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's self-judgment, followed by new prosperity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz, three friends. CONCLUSION: Righteousness in a man is excellent but when one becomes too much aware of their...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 42:5. _But now mine eye seeth thee._ I have seen thee in thy works, and heard the voice of nature. I have heard all those speeches of my friends, circumscribed in knowledge, and erroneous in judgm...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then Job answered the Lord, and said._ JOB’S CONFESSION AND RESTORATION I. Job’s acknowledgment of God’s greatness. Throughout his speeches Job had frequently asserted the majesty of God. But now h...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 42:1 In response to the Lord’s rebuke, Job confesses that the Lord’s power and purposes will not fail, and that he has spoken of things beyond his knowledge. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 42:11. “_A piece of money_.” According to Gesenius and others, קשׂיִטָה (_kesitah_), from the unused root קָשַׂט = قَسَطٰ (_kasata_) to “be just or true;” whence قسْط (_Kistoon_) “balances;”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that you can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from thee (Job 42:1-2). Pretty important: "I know God can do everything." Secondly, "I kno...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 4:35; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ephesians 1:11; Ezekiel 38:10;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thou canst, &c. — Job here subscribes to God's unlimited power, knowledge and dominion, to prove which was the scope of God's discourse out of the whirlwind. And his judgment being convinced of these,...

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