The Meaning of Job 42:3 Explained

Job 42:3

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.

YLT: Who is this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

Darby: Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; 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.

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What is the context of Job 42:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Job 42:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 42:1-17 - Restored To Right Relations With God

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 retorted to his friends that he was as good as they, but now he confessed, as did the Apostle after him, that he was of sinners the chief. It is one thing to hear of God, another to see and know Him close at hand. Well may we loathe our proud words and repent in dust and ashes, Job 42:6, r.v., margin.

When Job was right with God, the Almighty took his side against his accusers and silenced them. It was through Job's intercessions that they were forgiven. He himself was not fully forgiven till he could pray for them with loving forgiveness. But immediately he had done so God turned "the shadow of death into the morning" and gave him the double portion of the first-born. Thus men, when forgiven and restored, are heirs of riches greater than they had forfeited. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 42

¹ Job submits himself unto God
⁷ God, preferring Job's cause, makes his friends submit themselves, and accepts him
¹⁰ He magnifies and blesses Job
¹⁶ Job's age and death

What do the individual words in Job 42:3 mean?

[You asked] who [is] this who hides counsel without knowledge therefore I have uttered and not what I did understand Things too wonderful for me and not which I did know

מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַעְלִ֥ים עֵצָ֗ה בְּֽלִ֫י ؟ דָ֥עַת לָכֵ֣ן הִ֭גַּדְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אָבִ֑ין נִפְלָא֥וֹת מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְלֹ֣א אֵדָֽע

מִ֤י	[You asked] who [is]
Parse: Interrogative Root: מִי Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
זֶ֨ה ׀	this
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
מַעְלִ֥ים	who hides
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct Root: עָלַם Sense: to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret.
עֵצָ֗ה	counsel
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: עֵצָה Sense: counsel, advice, purpose.
בְּֽלִ֫י	without
Parse: Adverb Root: בְּלִי Sense: wearing out adv of negation.
؟ דָ֥עַת	knowledge
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: דַּעַת Sense: knowledge.
הִ֭גַּדְתִּי	I have uttered
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
וְלֹ֣א	and not
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
אָבִ֑ין	what I did understand
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: בִּין Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
נִפְלָא֥וֹת	Things too wonderful
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine plural Root: פָּלָא Sense: to be marvellous, be wonderful, be surpassing, be extraordinary, separate by distinguishing action.
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי	for me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
וְלֹ֣א	and not
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
אֵדָֽע	which I did know
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know.

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