...includes 'Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?' It leads to Job's ultimate wise self-abasement: Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore...understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not . . . Wherefore I abhor myself. (42: 3,6) Job could be claimed as the first agnostic - but...

...darkened counsel by words without knowledge," and having to confess with shame and sorrow at the last, " Therefore have I uttered that I understood not ; Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not," yet furnishes a bright prophetic ray — more than a ray. Venturing to speak with reference...

...sects called Quakers and Shakers. The following words might well be employed by a modern trance medium: 'Therefore have I uttered that I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not' (xlii 3). And again, in chapter xxvi., verse 4, we find a question which indicates the...

...from the empty tomb in silence and terror (Mark 16:8). And Job puts his hand upon his mouth, saying "therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not" (42:3). Then follows the epilogue—with distance and assurance: "And it was so . . ."...

...But in Hardy there is more than the concept of Job, protesting his integrity. Job says in the end: 'Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 'I have heard of thee by hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee. 'Wherefore I...

...and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore...understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto...

...answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?...understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me....

...The underlying text is very difficult here. Both writers' passages correspond roughly to Job 42:3: 'Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?...understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.' 66 Quarles, p.97. This truth, by long experience learnt, apply To thy Disease; and on...

...the supremacy of God: I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can he withholden from thee, Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have l uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not, Hear, I heseech thee,...

...answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?...understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me....