Iyyov (Job) 42:1–6 — Iyov requests God’s forgiveness

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Iyov requests God’s forgiveness

Job 42:1–6

42:1 Iyov requests God’s forgiveness

42 Then Iyov (Job) answered Yahweh:

Iyov

2 I know that you can do everything,

≈ and no one can stop you from doing what you want.

3 You asked,

‘Who’s this concealing counsel without knowledge?’[ref]

That’s why I spouted out things I didn’t understand—

things that are too wonderful for me—that I didn’t know.

4 Listen now, and I’ll speak.

I’ll tell you my question and you can inform me.[ref]

5 I’d heard you with my ears,

but now I can see you with my eyes.

6 Therefore I despise myself for what I said,

and I show my repentance by sitting in dust and ashes.

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42 And_ ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) _he _answered DOM YHWH and_he _said.

2 I _know[fn] if/because _that everything you _are _able and_not it _is _withheld from_you a _purpose.

3 Who this is_concealing _of (of)_counsel not knowledge for_so/thus/hence I _have _told and_not I _understood things _too_wonderful for_me and_not I _knew.

4 Listen please and_I I _will _speak I_will _ask _you and_make_known _to _me.

5 To_the_hearing _of the_ear I_had _heard _of _you and_now eye _of_my _own it_has _seen _you.

6 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so I _reject and_I _repent on dust and_ash[es].

42:2 OSHB variant note: ידעת: (x-qere) ’יָ֭דַעְתִּי’: lemma=3045 n=1.0 morph=HVqp1cs id=18Mpf יָ֭דַעְתִּי

42:3: Yob 38:2.

42:4: Yob 38:3.

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Yob 38:2:

Yahweh

2 Who is this giving bad advice,

with words that are lacking knowledge?

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2 Who this is_making _dark counsel by_words/messages not knowledge.

Yob 38:3:

3 Get ready to battle[fn] like a man,

and I’ll question you and you can answer me.

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3 Gird _up please like_a _man loins _of_your and_I_will _ask _you and_make_known _to _me.

38:3 Lit. ‘Gird your loins’. In a robe-wearing culture, it was normal for a man to tuck the bottom of his robe up into his belt to clear his legs to be able to move more freely—perhaps to run, but also to fight.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section JOB 42:1

Iyov requests God’s forgiveness

Job 42:1–6

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