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‘Whoמִיis thisזֶהthat hidesמַעְלִיםcounselעֵצָהwithoutבְּלִיknowledge?’דָעַתThereforeלָכֵןI declaredהִגַּדְתִּיwhat I did notוְלֹאunderstand,אָבִיןthings too wonderfulנִפְלָאוֹתfor me,מִמֶּנִּיwhich I did notוְלֹאknow.אֵדָע
Job 42:3
Study it in the app“‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I declared what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
Job answers that now his own eye has seen GodSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 42:3, word by word
- that hidesמַעְלִיםmalim
ignore
To turn the eyes away; to look the other way when something must be done.
Where else “malim” appears- counselעֵצָהetsa
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “etsa” appears- withoutבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- knowledge?’דָעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- I declaredהִגַּדְתִּיhigadti
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “higadti” appears- understandאָבִיןavin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “avin” appears- things too wonderfulנִפְלָאוֹתniflaot
wonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflaot” appears- knowאֵדָעeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appears
Translation note
Job repeats the question that YHWH asked him in 38:2 and answers it.
The context
2“I know that you can do all things, and that no plan is beyond reach for you.
3 · This verse (above)
4‘Hear, please, and I will speak; I will ask you, and you make known to me.’