Parallel JOB 42:3

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BSB You asked, ‘Who is this
⇔ who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’[fn]
 ⇔ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
⇔ things too wonderful for me to know.

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OEB Therefore spake I without understanding,

WEB You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
⇔ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand,
⇔ things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.

NET you asked,
 ⇔ ‘Who is this who darkens counsel
 ⇔ without knowledge?’
 ⇔ But I have declared without understanding
 ⇔ things too wonderful for me to know.

LSV [You said], Who [is] this hiding counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have declared, and do not understand,
Too wonderful for me, and I do not know.

FBV You asked,[fn] ‘Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?’ I was speaking about things I didn't understand—things too wonderful for me to know.

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T4T You asked me, ‘◄Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.►’ [RHQ]
⇔ It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand,
⇔ things that are very wonderful/marvelous,
⇔ and therefore I am not able to know them.

LEB  • is this darkening counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I uttered, but[fn] I did not understand; • [fn] but I did not know.

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BBE Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

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JPS Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

ASV Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?
 ⇔ Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not,
 ⇔ Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

DRA Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

YLT 'Who [is] this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

DBY Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

RV Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

WBS Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that which I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

KJB Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
  (Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. )

BB For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.
  (For who can keep his own counsaile so secrete but it shall be known? Therefore have I spoken that I understood not, even the things that are to wonderfull for me, and pass mine understanding.)

GNV Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.
  (Who is he that hideth council/counsel without knowledge? therefore have I spoken that I understood not, even things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not. )

CB 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.
  (For who can keep his own council/counsel so secrete, but it shall be known? Therfore have I spoken unwysely, seeing these things are so hye, and pass mine understanding.)

WYC Who is this, that helith counsel with out kunnyng? Therfor Y spak vnwiseli, and tho thingis that passiden ouer mesure my kunnyng.
  (Who is this, that helith counsel with out cunning/knowledge? Therefore I spoke unwiseli, and tho things that passed over measure my cunning/knowledge.)

LUT Es ist ein unbesonnener Mann, der seinen Rat meinet zu verbergen. Darum bekenne ich, daß ich habe unweislich geredet, das mir zu hoch ist und nicht verstehe.
  (It is a unbesonnener Mann, the his advice meinet to verbergen. Therefore bekenne ich, that I have unweislich geredet, the to_me to hoch is and not verstehe.)

CLV Quis est iste qui celat consilium absque scientia? ideo insipienter locutus sum, et quæ ultra modum excederent scientiam meam.
  (Quis it_is iste who celat consilium without scientia? ideo insipienter spoke sum, and which ultra modum excederent scientiam meam. )

BRN For who is he that hides counsel from thee? or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? and who will tell me what I knew not, great and wonderful things which I understood not?

BrLXX Τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κρύπτων σε βουλήν; φειδόμενος δὲ ῥημάτων, καὶ σὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν; τίς δὲ ἀναγγελεῖ μοι ἃ οὐκ ᾔδειν, μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστὰ ἃ οὐκ ἐπιστάμην;
  (Tis gar estin ho kruptōn se boulaʸn? feidomenos de ɽaʸmatōn, kai se oietai kruptein? tis de anangelei moi ha ouk aʸdein, megala kai thaumasta ha ouk epistamaʸn? )