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Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be…

“I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.”
Job 42:2 · KJV

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The verses around Job 42:2.

1Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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Verse explanation

Job acknowledges that God can do all things and that none of His purposes can be thwarted — his first direct reaction to the display of power in chapters 38 through 41.

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