Who is this who obscures My counsel
with ignorant words?(A)

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“Who is this that obscures my plans(A)
    with words without knowledge?(B)

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You asked, “Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?”(A)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to[a] know.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:3 Lit me, and I did not

You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’(A)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.(B)

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11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of His heart from generation to generation.(A)

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11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm(A) forever,
    the purposes(B) of his heart through all generations.

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13 They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel.(A)

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13 But they soon forgot(A) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.(B)

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11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.(A)

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11 because they rebelled(A) against God’s commands
    and despised(B) the plans(C) of the Most High.

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21 Many plans are in a man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(A)

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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)

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26 This is the plan(A) prepared
for the whole earth,
and this is the hand stretched out
against all the nations.

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26 This is the plan(A) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(B) stretched out over all nations.

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17 The land of Judah will terrify Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble because of what the Lord of Hosts has planned(A) against it.

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17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(A) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(B) against them.

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10 I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.(A)
11 I call a bird of prey[a] from the east,(B)
a man for My purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.(C)
I have planned it; I will also do it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 46:11 = Cyrus

10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(E) a bird of prey;(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(G) that I will do.(H)

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