Job 42:2

Hebrew Bible
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.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates) Source

LXX Job 42:2

Septuagint
1 And answering, Job said to the Lord, 2 “I know that you are able to do all things, and nothing is impossible for you. 3 For who is the one hiding his counsel from you, and, holding back, also imagines to hide his words from you, and who shall declare to me what I did not know, great and wondrous things, to which I did not pay attention?
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates) Source

Notes and References

"... it is likely that the targumist simply shrunk from the idea that Job could actually instruct or inform the all-knowing God about anything. Another example is found in Job 42:2 ... Here, too, the Septuagint paraphrases: “Nothing is impossible for you.” What difficulty did the ancient translators see? It is possible that the Hebrew word which is frequently used in malem partem in the Bible, had negative overtones for the targumist. He did not want to impugn God’s holiness by attributing to him an evil “plot” or “scheme” and therefore put “strength and wisdom” in its place ..."

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