Job 42:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJob 42:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
מִ֤י
mîy
H4310
who
זֶ֨ה
zeh
H2088
this
מַעְלִ֥ים
ʻâlam
H5956
to hide
עֵצָ֗ה
ʻêtsâh
H6098
counsel
בְּֽלִ֫י
bᵉlîy
H1097
without
דָ֥עַת
daʻath
H1847
knowledge
לָכֵ֣ן
kên
H3651
thus
הִ֭גַּדְתִּי
nâgad
H5046
to make known
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אָבִ֑ין
bîyn
H995
to understand
נִפְלָא֥וֹת
pâlâʼ
H6381
to be wonderful
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי
min
H4480
from
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֵדָֽע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
‘Who is this, concealing counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have declared, but I did not understand, too wonderful for me, and I did not know.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).