Job 42:1–7

JOB REPLIES TO THE LORD

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

2 IK know that you can do anything

and no plan of yours can be thwarted.f

3 You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”g

Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,

things too wondrous for me toL know.h

4 You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.

When I questioni you, you will inform me.”

5 I had heard reports about you,

but now my eyesj have seen you.

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

I am dust and ashes.M,N

7 After the Lord had finished speakingO to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

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K	Alt Hb tradition reads You
f	Ge 18:14 Je 23:20 Mt 19:26
g	Job 34:35 Job 35:16 Job 38:2
L	Lit me, and I did not
h	Ps 40:5 Ps 131:1 Ps 139:6
i	Job 38:3 Job 40:7
j	Job 19:27 Ps 123:1–2 Ps 141:8
M	LXX reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
N	Lit I reject and I relent, concerning dust and ashes
O	Lit speaking these words