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Job 42:5–6

5 “I have aheard of You by the hearing of the ear;

But now my beye sees You;

6 Therefore I retract,

And I repent in dust and ashes.”

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Job 42:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

My ears had heard of you

but now my eyes have seen you.

Therefore I despise myself

and repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye sees you;

therefore I despise myself,

and repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear:

But now mine eye seeth thee.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent

In dust and ashes.

Job 42:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

I had only heard about you before,

but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

I take back everything I said,

and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

Job 42:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,

But now my eye sees You.

Therefore I abhor myself,

And repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

My ears had heard of you before,

but now my eyes have seen you.

So now I hate myself;

I will change my heart and life.

I will sit in the dust and ashes.”

Job 42:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;

But now mine eye seeth thee:

Wherefore I abhor myself,

And repent in dust and ashes.

Job 42:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee: Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Job 42:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I had heard about you with my own ears, 

but now I have seen you with my own eyes. 

That is why I take back what I said, 

and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry.” 

Job 42:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I had heard rumors about You,

but now my eyes have seen You.

Therefore I take back my words

and repent in dust and ashes.

Job 42:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye sees you;

therefore I despise myself,

and repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

By the ear’s hearing I heard of you,

but now my eye has seen you.

Therefore I despise myself

and repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

My ears had heard about you.

But now my own eyes have seen you.

So I hate myself.

I’m really sorry for what I said about you.

That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”


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