Job 42:2

The NET Bible®

"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I know that you can do anythingand no plan of yours can be thwarted.

Hebrew Names Version
"I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

King James Version
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

English Standard Version
"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

New Century Version
"I know that you can do all things and that no plan of yours can be ruined.

Amplified Bible
"I know that You can do all things, And that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained.

New American Standard Bible
"I know that You can do all things, And that no plan is impossible for You.

World English Bible
"I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I knowe that thou canst doe all things, and that there is no thought hidde from thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
"I know that You can do all things,And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

Berean Standard Bible
"I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Contemporary English Version
No one can oppose you, because you have the power to do what you want.

Complete Jewish Bible
"I know that you can do everything, that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

Darby Translation
I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.

Easy-to-Read Version
"I know you can do everything. You make plans, and nothing can change or stop them.

George Lamsa Translation
I know that thou canst do all these things, and that no purpose can be hid from thee.

Good News Translation

Job

I know, Lord , that you are all-powerful; that you can do everything you want.

Lexham English Bible
"I know that you can do all things, and any scheme from you will not be thwarted.

Literal Translation
I know that You can do all, and no purpose is withheld from You.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I knowe that thou hast power of all thinges, and that there is no thought hyd vnto the.

American Standard Version
I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

Bible in Basic English
I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no purpose can be withholden from Thee.

King James Version (1611)
I know that thou canst doe euery thing, and that no thought can bee withholden from thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I know that thou hast power ouer all thinges, and that there is no thought hid vnto thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I know that thou canst do all things, and nothing is impossible with thee.

English Revised Version
I know that thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y woot, that thou maist alle thingis, and no thouyt is hid fro thee [Note: Joob wiste wel, that in remembringe his riytfulnesse he suffride sum stiring of veynglorie, which is wont to come liytly in siche thingis, yhe, in men that ben perfit. in preisinge my riytfulnesse. in enqueringe ouer myche the resouns of Goddis domes. ].

Update Bible Version
I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Webster's Bible Translation
I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withheld from thee.

New King James Version
"I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

New Living Translation
"I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.

New Life Bible
"I know that You can do all things. Nothing can put a stop to Your plans.

New Revised Standard
"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I know that, all things, thou canst do, and that no purpose can be withholden from thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.

Revised Standard Version
"I know that thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be thwarted.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast known that [for] all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is [any] device:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then Job answered the Lord : ² "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted; ³ you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?' But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know. ⁴ You said, ‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.' ⁵ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. ⁶ Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes! After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has." So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job. So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job. So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers. After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so Job died, old and full of days.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Genesis 18:14, Isaiah 43:13, Jeremiah 32:17, Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27

no: Psalms 44:21, Psalms 139:2, Jeremiah 17:10, Ezekiel 38:10, John 2:24, John 2:25, John 21:17, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13

can be withholden from thee: or, of thine can be hindered, Job 23:13, Proverbs 19:21, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Ephesians 1:11

Reciprocal: Job 23:5 - know Isaiah 66:18 - their thoughts Matthew 15:27 - Truth Luke 6:8 - But Romans 9:20 - who art

Cross-References

Genesis 43:2
When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Return, buy us a little more food."

Genesis 43:4
If you send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy food for you.

Genesis 43:8
Then Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die—we and you and our little ones.

Genesis 45:9
Now go up to my father quickly and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

Psalms 118:17
I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.

Isaiah 38:1
In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'"

Matthew 4:4
But he answered, "It is written, ‘ Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God .'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I know that thou canst do every [thing],.... As the works of creation, and the sustentation of them, show; so the Targum,

"thou sustainest all things,''

and can manage, every creature made by him, even such as were not tractable by men, such as behemoth and leviathan, the creatures last instanced in; and was able to abase and bring low the proud, which Job could not do; and could also save him by his right hand, and bring him out of his low estate in which he was, and raise him to great prosperity again, which Job always despaired of till now; and though he had a theoretical knowledge of the omnipotence of God before, see Job 9:4; yet not a practical experimental knowledge of it; at least not to such a degree as he now had, working upon his heart, bowing his will, and bringing him to a resignation to the will of God; he not only knew he could do all things, but that he had a right to do what he pleased; and that whatever he did he did well and wisely, and in a righteous manner, of which before he seemed to have some doubt. And that no thought can be withholden from thee; either no thought of men, good or bad, of God or of themselves, and so is an acknowledgment of the omniscience of God, and may be an appeal to that; that God, who knows the secrets of men's hearts, knew what thoughts Job now had of God; of the wisdom, righteousness, and goodness of God in the dispensations of his providence, different from what he had before; see

John 21:17; or rather it may be understood of every thought of God's heart, of every secret purpose and wise counsel of his; which, as they are all well known to him, and cannot be withheld from having effect, or the performance of them hindered, Job now saw and was fully assured that all that had befallen him was according to the sovereign and inscrutable purposes of God, and according to the wise counsels of his will; he knew that not only God could do everything, but that he also did whatever he pleased.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I know that thou canst do everything - This is said by Job in view of what had been declared by the Almighty in the previous chapters. It is an acknowledgment that God was omnipotent, and that man ought to be submissive, under the putting forth of his infinite power. One great object of the address of the Almighty was to convince Job of his majesty, and that object was fully accomplished.

And that no thought - No purpose or plan of thine. God was able to execute all his designs.

Can be withholden from thee - Margin, “or, of thine can be hindered.” Literally, “cut off” - בצר bâtsar. The word, however, means also “to cut off access to,” and then to prevent, hinder, restrain. This is its meaning here; so Genesis 11:6, “Nothing will be restrained (יבצר yibâtsar) from them, which they have imagined to do.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 42:2. I know that thou canst do every thing] Thy power is unlimited; thy wisdom infinite.