Job 42:4

What does Job 42:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 42:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Hear, I pray thee, and I--I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

Context

v.3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

v.4This passage

v.5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 18:27

    And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

  • Job 40:7

    Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 38:3

    Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Genesis 18:30

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

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