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Job 42:6

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6hWherefore I abhor imyself, and repent

In kdust and klashes.

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Job 42:5–6: “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.”

Cross references

  1. hSo ch. 40. 4.
  2. iComp. ch. 36. 5 (Heb.).
  3. kGen. 18. 27. ch. 30. 19.
  4. kGen. 18. 27. ch. 30. 19.
  5. lSee ch. 2. 8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

therefore I despise myself,

and repent in dust and ashes.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore I despise myself

and repent in dust and ashes.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;

I am dust and ashes.

NLTNew Living Translation

I take back everything I said,

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I despise myself

and repent in dust and ashes.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent

In dust and ashes.