What does Job 42:2 mean?

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Job 42:2, King James Version

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Job 42:1-4

  1. 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
  2. 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
  3. 3 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.
  4. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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About the book of Job

Author
anonymous
When
date unknown; set in the age of the patriarchs
Period
Patriarcas, c. 2100 a 1800 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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