Job 42:5–6
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5I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes nhave seen You.
6Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes. o
Footnotes
- o42:6 reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
Cross references
- n42:5 Jb 19:27; Ps 123:1–2; 141:8
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes have seen you.
Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.”
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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