Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 42:3

"Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not." — Job 42:3 (ASV)

Who is he that hideth counsel? It is quite obvious that the right way of understanding these verses is, as in Isaiah 63:1-6, in the manner of a dialogue, in which Job and the Lord alternately reply. Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? were the words with which God Himself joined the debate in Job 38:2; and therefore, unless we assign them to Him here also, we must regard them as quoted by Job and applied reflectively to himself; but it is far better to consider them as part of a dialogue.