You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you will answer me.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 42:4 in context
Job 42:1–7
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Then Job answered the LORD:
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“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
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You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
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You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you will answer me.’
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I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you.
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It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
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