OLD TESTAMENT

Job 42:2

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“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

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Verse 2. I know. So the Keri orders us to translate, with all the ancient versions, as the Hebrew text has, “thou knowest;” which Prof. Chappelow and Schultens deem more “sublime,” though one would think it was hardly “sense.” Kennicott.—Hid. Hebrew “of thine can be hindered.” All thy orders must be obeyed. It is in vain to keep silence: (Calmet. 39:34.) I will confess openly thy justice and power. Bible.—He acknowledges his error, in not having before spoken enough of a just Providence. Worthington.

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