Job 42:1–2
Job finally admits that God can do all things and no plan escapes him
Study it word by word1And Job answered YHWH and said:
2“I know that you can do all things, and that no plan is beyond reach for you.
In its context
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3‘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.
4‘Hear, please, and I will speak; I will ask you, and you make known to me.’
Its words in the original
- יַּעַןyaan· answer
Answer, reply; also speak up, testify, or sing in response.
- אִיּוֹבiyov· Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
- יְהוָהyehva· YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
- יֹּאמַרyomar· say
Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".
- יָדַעְתִּיyadati· know
Know. Not only having a fact: it is knowing by experience and closely; also recognize, care for, make known. So Hebrew also uses it for the intimate union of a man and his wife ("he knew his wife").
- תּוּכָלtuchal· be able, can
Be able, can; also prevail, overcome.
- יִבָּצֵרyibatser· be impossible; fortify
Be impossible, out of reach. Elsewhere, fortify; also gather grapes.
- מְזִמָּהmezima· plan, scheme, discretion
A plan, a thought-out purpose; often an evil plan, a plot; sometimes good judgment.