Ayub 42:3

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama

Siapakah dia yang telah menyembunyikan bicara dengan tiada berpengetahuan? Bahwa sesungguhnya aku sudah berkata-kata akan barang yang tiada aku mengerti, dan akan barang yang telalu ajaib bagiku dan yang tiada kuketahui.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Firman-Mu: Siapakah dia yang menyelubungi keputusan tanpa pengetahuan? Itulah sebabnya, tanpa pengertian aku telah bercerita tentang hal-hal yang sangat ajaib bagiku dan yang tidak kuketahui.

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Firman-Mu: Siapakah dia yang menyelubungi keputusan tanpa pengetahuan? Itulah sebabnya, tanpa pengertian aku telah bercerita tentang hal-hal yang sangat ajaib bagiku dan yang tidak kuketahui.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Who: Job 38:2

things: Psalms 40:5, Psalms 131:1, Psalms 139:6, Proverbs 30:2-4

Reciprocal: Job 6:26 - reprove Job 6:30 - iniquity Job 13:1 - Lo Job 13:22 - General Job 15:6 - thine own Job 31:37 - declare Job 34:35 - General Job 37:19 - we Psalms 77:10 - This is Psalms 139:4 - there is not Proverbs 25:2 - the glory Proverbs 30:18 - too Jeremiah 30:21 - engaged Jeremiah 49:19 - appoint me the time

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge?.... It may be understood, and supplied, as it is by Cocceius, "thou didst say"; as the Lord had said, or to this purpose, :-; to which Job here replies, I am the foolish man that has done it, I own it with sorrow, shame, and confusion: or it may be interpreted as condemning every other man that should act the like part. Schultens understands this as spoken by Job of God, and renders the words,

"who is this that seals up counsel, which cannot be known?''

the counsels, purposes, and decrees of God are sealed up by him, among his treasures, in the cabinet of his own breast, and are not to be unsealed and unlocked by creatures, but are impenetrable to them, past finding out by them, and not to be searched and pried into; and so the secret springs of Providence are not to be known, which Job had attempted, and for which he condemns himself;

therefore have I uttered that I understood not; concerning the providential dealings of God with men, afflicting the righteous, and suffering the wicked to prosper, particularly relating to his own afflictions; in which he arraigned the wisdom, justice, and goodness of God, as if things might have been better done than they were; but now he owns his ignorance and folly, as Asaph did in a like case, Psalms 73:22;

things too wonderful for me, which I knew not; things out of his reach to search into, and beyond his capacity to comprehend; what he should have gazed upon with admiration, and there have stopped. The judgments of God are a great deep, not to be fathomed with the line of human understanding, of which it should be said with the apostle, "O the depth", Romans 11:33, c. Job ought to have done as David did,

Psalms 131:1 of which he was now convinced, and laments and confesses his folly.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? - This is repeated from Job 38:2. As used there these are the words of the Almighty, uttered as a reproof of Job for the manner in which he had undertaken to explain the dealings of God; see the notes at that verse. As repeated here by Job, they are an acknowledgment of the truth of what is there implied, that “he” had been guilty of hiding counsel in this manner, and the repetition here is a part of his confession. He acknowledges that he “had” entertained and expressed such views of God as were in fact clothing the whole subject in darkness instead of explaining it. The meaning is, “Who indeed is it, as thou saidst, that undertakes to judge of great and profound purposes without knowledge? I am that presumptuous man? Ilgen.”

Therefore have I uttered that I understood not - I have pronounced an opinion on subjects altogether too profound for my comprehension. This is the language of true humility and penitence, and shows that Job had at heart a profound veneration for God, however much he had been led away by the severity of his sufferings to give vent to improper expressions. It is no uncommon thing for even good people to be brought to see that they have spoken presumptuously of God, and have engaged, in discussions and ventured to pronounce opinions on matters pertaining to the divine administration, that were wholly beyond their comprehension.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 42:3. Who is he that hideth counsel — These are the words of Job, and they are a repetition of what Jehovah said, Job 38:2: "Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" Job now having heard the Almighty's speech, and having received his reproof, echoes back his words: "Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge Alas, I am the man; I have uttered what I understood not; things too wonderful for me, that I knew not.

God had said, Job 38:3: "Gird up now thy loins like a man; I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." In allusion to this, Job exclaims to his Maker, Job 42:4: "Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of THEE, and declare THOU unto ME." I acknowledge my ignorance; I confess my foolishness and presumption; I am ashamed of my conduct; I lament my imperfections; I implore thy mercy; and beg thee to show me thy will, that I may ever think, speak, and do, what is pleasing in thy sight.

Things too wonderful — I have spoken of thy judgments, which I did not comprehend.