Job 42:3

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:5 : 5 O LORDE my God, greate are yi wonderous workes which thou hast done: & in thy thoughtes towarde vs there maye none be lickened vnto the.
  • Ps 131:1 : 1 Lorde, I am not hye mynded, I haue no proude lokes.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Whither shal I go then from thy sprete? Or, whither shal I fle from thy presence?
  • Job 38:2 : 2 what is he, that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes?
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige 3 (for I neuerlerned wi?dome) yet haue I vnderstodinge & am wel enfourmed in godly thinges. 4 Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen? Who hath come downe from thence? Who hath holden ye wynde fast in his hade? Who hath coprehended ye waters in a garment? Who hath set all the endes of ye worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 what is he, that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes?

  • 4 O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the.

  • 6 Whither shal I go then from thy sprete? Or, whither shal I fle from thy presence?

  • 3 (for I neuerlerned wi?dome) yet haue I vnderstodinge & am wel enfourmed in godly thinges.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8 hast thou herde the secrete councell of God, that all wy?dome is to litle for ye?

    9 What knowest thou, yt we knowe not? What vnderstondest thou, but we can the same?

  • Job 26:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 Where is ye coucell yt thou shuldest geue him, which hath no wy?dome? Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes?

    4 Before whom hast thou spoken those wordes? Who made the breth to come out of ye mouth?

  • 3 But I haue vnderstodinge as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee who knoweth not these thinges?

  • Eccl 7:23-25
    3 verses
    77%

    23 All these thinges haue I proued because of wy?dome: for I thought to be wyse, but she wente farther fro me

    24 then she was before, yee & so depe that I might not reach vnto her.

    25 I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • 2 I knowe that thou hast power of all thinges, and that there is no thought hyd vnto the.

  • 16 Then thought I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for me.

  • 32 Yf I haue gone amysse, enfourme me: yf I haue done wronge, I wil leaue of.

  • 18 There be thre thinges to hye for me, and as for the fourth, it passeth my knowlege.

  • 12 How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge?

  • Job 34:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34 For els the men of vnderstodinge & wisdome that haue herde me, might saye: What cast thou speake?

    35 As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner wysely.

  • Job 9:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 He doth greate thinges, soch as are vnsearcheable, yee and wonders without nombre.

    11 Yf he came by me, I might not loke vpo him: yf he wente his waye, I shulde not perceaue it.

  • Job 38:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36 Who geueth sure wisdome, or stedfast vnderstodinge?

    37 who nombreth the cloudes in wisdome? who stilleth ye vehement waters of the heaue?

  • 34 For who hath knowne the mynde of the LORDE? Or who hath bene his councell geuer?

  • 20 From whece then commeth wy?dome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge?

  • 3 I wil open vnto ye yet more of myne vnderstondinge, and proue my maker rightuous.

  • 5 That I might knowe, what answere he wolde geue me: & that I might vnderstonde, what he wolde saye vnto me.

  • 24 Teach me and I will holde my tonge: and yf I do erre, shewe me wherin.

  • 16 Art thou of his coucell, when he spredeth out the cloudes? Hast thou the perfecte knowlege of his wonders?

  • Isa 40:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 Who hath refourmed the mynde of the LORDE? Or who is of his councel to teach him?

    14 At whom hath he asked coucel, to make him vnderstode, and to lerne him the waye of iudgment: to teach him science, and to enstructe him in the waye of vnderstodinge?

  • 11 I wil teach you in the name of God, & the thinge that I haue of ye Allmightie, wil I not kepe from you.

  • 4 Where wast thou, when I layed ye foundacions of the earth? Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge.

  • Job 11:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6 that he might shewe the (out of his secrete wy?dome) how manyfolde his lawe is: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, because of thy synnes.

    7 Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie?

    8 He is hyer the heaue, what wilt thou do? Deper the hell, how wilt thou then knowe him?

  • 14 This is now a shorte summe of his doynges. But who is able sufficiently to rehearce his workes? Who can perceaue and vnderstonde ye thondre of his power?

  • 3 Thou hast cried vnto me, and I haue herde the: I haue shewed greate and hie thinges, which were vnknowne vnto you.

  • 15 Wo be vnto them that seke so depe, to hyde their ymaginacion before the LORDE, which rehearce their coucels in ye darknes, and saye: who seith vs, or who knoweth vs?

  • 7 And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come, for who wyll tell him?

  • 18 Hast thou also perceaued, how brode ye earth is? Now yf thou hast knowlege of all,

  • 20 Haue not I warned ye very oft with councell and lerninge?

  • 22 In as moch the as God hath ye hyest power of all, who can teach him eny knowlege?

  • 3 LORDE, what is ma, that thou hast soch respecte vnto him? Or the sonne of man, that thou so regardest him?

  • 22 he openeth the depe secretes: he knoweth ye the thynge that lyeth in darknesse, for the light dwelleth with him.

  • 20 Shal it be tolde him, what I saye? Shulde a man speake, or shulde he kepe it backe?

  • 13 Yee with God is wy?dome and strength, it is he that hath councell & foreknowlege.

  • 23 To the man whose waye is hyd, which God kepeth backe from him.

  • 4 Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the begynninge (euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth)

  • 3 Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the Allmightie, and my desyre is to comon with God.