Job's Confession and Repentance
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Then Job answered the LORD and said:
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"I know that You a can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
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You asked, b 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?'
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
c Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
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Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, d 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
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"I have e heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
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Therefore I f abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes."
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Cross References
Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Mark 10:27
But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.
Mark 14:36
And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.
Luke 18:27
But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
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Cross References
Job 38:2
Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
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Cross References
Psalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
Psalms 131:1
LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me.
Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
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Cross References
Job 38:3
Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
Job 40:7
Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
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Cross References
Job 26:14
Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?
Romans 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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Cross References
Ezra 9:6
And I said: "O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.
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