Job 42:2 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 42:1-6

The words of Job justifying himself were ended, Job 31:40. After that he said no more to that purport. The words of Job judging and condemning himself began, Job 40:4, 5. Here he goes on with words to the same purport. Though his patience had not its perfect work, his repentance for his impatience had. He is here thoroughly humbled for his folly and unadvised speaking, and it was forgiven him. Good men will see and own their faults at last, though it may be some difficulty to bring them to do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:2

I know that thou canst do every thing ,.... As the works of creation, and the sustentation of them, show; so the Targum, "thou sustainest all things,' and can manage, every creature made by him, even such as were not tractable by men, such as behemoth and leviathan, the creatures last instanced in; and was able to abase and bring low the proud, which Job could not do; and could also save him by his right hand, and bring him out of his low estate in which he was, and raise him to great... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:2

I know that thou canst do every thing - Thy power is unlimited; thy wisdom infinite. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou caner do every thing ; i.e. I know and acknowledge thy omnipotence, which thou hast set forth so magnificently before me in ch. 38-41. It is brought home to me by the grand review of thy works which thou hast made, and the details into which thou hast condescended to enter. I know also and acknowledge that no thought can be with-holden from thee ; i.e. I confess also thy omniscience—that thou knowest even the thoughts of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

The confession of God's supremacy. At last the end has come to the discipline of Job. He is brought to more than resignation—to a clear perception of the supremacy of God, and to a humble submission to it. I. THE FACT OF GOD 'S SUPREMACY . This is what Job has now come to see. God is supreme both in power and in wisdom. 1 . In power . There is no resisting his might. He does as he will with the children of men. Even "the king of the children of pride" is one of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

Job's answer and confession. It Consists of— I. THE HUMBLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD 'S POWER . (Verse 2.) God can do everything; and no "beginning," no germinating or budding thought, is hidden from him; he sees it alike in its origin, development, and end. Both the fearful forms of force in the animal life of nature, and the striking destinies of individual men, are constant proofs of the presence of him who governs the world in power and in justice. II. AS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

Contrition. Job, chastened with severe afflictions, harassed by the biting words of incompetent teachers, and now by the Divine voice humbled into the very dust, makes his lowly confession unto Almighty God, and casts himself upon the Divine forbearance and mercy. The confession of this truly humble, lowly, contrite, and obedient heart embraces— I. A JUST APPREHENSION OF THE DIVINE POWER . The ability of God to work all in all—to do whatsoever he pleaseth. "Now I know that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part ( Job 42:1-6 ) Job makes his final submission, humbling himself in the dust before God. In the second (verses 7-17) the historical framework, in which the general dialogue is set, is resumed and brought to a close. God's approval of Job is declared, and his anger denounced against the three friends, who are required to expiate their guilt by a sacrifice, and only promised forgiveness if Job will intercede on their behalf... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The conclusion of the drama. I. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE THIRD CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND JOB . ( Job 42:1-6 .) This controversy, it will be remembered, arose out of the intensity of Job's sufferings and the perplexity of Job's spirit, which caused him on the one hand to form too favourable an opinion of his own, and on the other hand too unfavourable an opinion of God's, righteousness; to misinterpret the facts of providence almost as egregiously as, though in an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

Commentators have generally recognized that this psalm is introductory and prefatory. Jerome says that many called it "the Preface of the Holy Ghost." Some of the Fathers did not even regard it as a psalm at all, but as a mere preface, and so reckoned the second psalm as the first (in many manuscripts of the New Testament, the reading is "first psalm" instead of "second psalm" in Acts 13:33 ). The composition is, as Hengstenberg observes, "a short compendium of tile main subject of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 42:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

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