Job 42:4
“Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me.”
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Job 42:4 Context
2I know that thou canst doe euery thing, and that no thought can bee withholden from thee. 3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore haue I vttered that I vnderstood not, things too wonderfull for me, which I knew not. 4Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me. 5I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Other Translations for Job 42:4
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- King James Version
'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.
- Darby Bible
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.
- Webster's Bible
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
- World English Bible
`Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 42:4
42:4 Hear - Hear and accept my humble confession. Enquire - I will no more dispute the matter with thee, but beg information from thee. The words which God had uttered to Job by way of challenge, Job returns to him in way of submission.