...his own frailty and finiteness until at last Job cries out in repentance, "Have I uttered [things] that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not" (42:3). Understanding God's control, not asking God questions, meets the need of Job's heart. Job's...

...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 have...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 not like...

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...and recovers the friendship of the Lord (together with his property) when he acknowledges that he had "uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not ... Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42: 3, 6). This withdrawal from rationality...

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...God representation (Job 42: 3-5): Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that I 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. I have heard...

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...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 to future...