11 translations · Hebrew

Job 42:2

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

World English Bible

Job 42:2 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
KJV King James Version
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
ASV American Standard Version
I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.
LSV Literal Standard Version
“You have known that [for] all things You are able, || And no purpose is withheld from You.
FBV Free Bible Version
“I know you can do anything. No one can prevent you doing what you want.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast known that [for] all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is [any] device:
DBY Darby Translation
I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.
WBT Webster’s Bible
I know that thou canst do every thing , and that no thought can be withheld from thee.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.

The Hebrew words

Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
יָדַעְתָּ yå̄·ḏaʿ·tå̄ I know H3045 יָדַע to know
כִּי־ kî- that H3588 כִּי for
כֹ֣ל ḵōl all things H3605 כֹּל all
תּוּכָ֑ל tū·ḵāl You can do H3201 יָכֹל be able
וְלֹא־ wə·lō- and that no H3808 לֹא not
יִבָּצֵ֖ר yib·bā·ṣêr can be thwarted H1219 בָּצַר to gather/restrain/fortify
מִמְּךָ֣ mim·mə·ḵā of Yours H4480 מִן־ from
מְזִמָּֽה׃ mə·zim·māh plan H4209 מְזִמָּה plot
  • Matthew 19:26

    Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

  • Mark 10:27

    Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

  • Genesis 18:14

    Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Hebrews 4:12–13

    For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

  • Jeremiah 32:17

    “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you,

  • Isaiah 46:10

    I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

  • Ephesians 1:11

    in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will;

  • Psalm 44:21

    won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

  • Proverbs 19:21

    There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

  • Job 23:13

    But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.

4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

Read all of Job 42 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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