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Job Answers the Lord

42 Then Job answered the Lord:

“I know you can do everything.
    You make plans, and nothing can change or stop them.
You asked, ‘Who is this ignorant person saying these foolish things?’[a]
    I talked about things I did not understand.
    I talked about things too amazing for me to know.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:3 Who … things Or “Who is this person darkening advice with ignorant words.”

Job

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things;(A)
    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(B)
You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’(C)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.(D)

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