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Job 42:3

NETBible	you asked,¹ ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But² I have declared without understanding³ things too wonderful for me to know.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Job 42:3	You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
NASB © biblegateway Job 42:3	‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."
NLT © biblegateway Job 42:3	You ask, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I. And I was talking about things I did not understand, things far too wonderful for me.
MSG © biblegateway Job 42:3	You asked, 'Who is this muddying the water, ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?' I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me, made small talk about wonders way over my head.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 42:3	Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 42:3	‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 42:3	You asked , ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
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KJV	Who [is] he that hideth <05956> (8688) counsel <06098> without knowledge <01847>_? therefore have I uttered <05046> (8689) that I understood <0995> (8799) not; things too wonderful <06381> (8737) for me, which I knew <03045> (8799) not.
NASB © biblegateway Job 42:3	'Who <04310> is this <02088> that hides <05956> counsel <06098> without <01097> knowledge <01847> ?' "Therefore <03651> I have declared <05046> that which I did not understand <0995> , Things <06381> too <04480> wonderful <06381> for me, which I did not know <03045> ."
LXXM	tiv <5100> I-NSM gar <1063> PRT estin <1510> V-PAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM kruptwn <2928> V-PAPNS se <4771> P-AS boulhn <1012> N-ASF feidomenov <5339> V-PMPNS de <1161> PRT rhmatwn <4487> N-GPN kai <2532> CONJ se <4771> P-AS oietai <3633> V-PMI-3S kruptein <2928> V-PAN tiv <5100> I-NSM de <1161> PRT anaggelei <312> V-FAI-3S moi <1473> P-DS a <3739> R-APN ouk <3364> ADV hdein {V-YAI-1S} megala <3173> A-APN kai <2532> CONJ yaumasta <2298> A-APN a <3739> R-APN ouk <3364> ADV hpistamhn {V-IMI-1S}
NET [draft] ITL	you asked, ‘Who <04310> is this <02088> who darkens <05956> counsel <06098> without <01097> knowledge <01847> ?’ But I have declared <05046> without <03808> understanding <0995> things too wonderful <06381> for <04480> me to know <03045> .
HEBREW	eda <03045> alw <03808> ynmm <04480> twalpn <06381> Nyba <0995> alw <03808> ytdgh <05046> Nkl <03651> ted <01847> ylb <01097> hue <06098> Mylem <05956> hz <02088> ym (42:3) <04310>

NETBible

you asked,¹ ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But² I have declared without understanding³ things too wonderful for me to know.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The expression “you asked” is added here to clarify the presence of the line to follow. Many commentators delete it as a gloss from Job 38:2. If it is retained, then Job has to be recalling God’s question before he answers it.

²tn The word לָכֵן (lakhen) is simply “but,” as in Job 31:37.

³tn Heb “and I do not understand.” The expression serves here in an adverbial capacity. It also could be subordinated as a complement: “I have declared [things that] I do not understand.”

⁴tn The last clause is “and I do not know.” This is also subordinated to become a dependent clause.