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Job 42:5–6
g | Ps. 18:45 (Heb.). |
h | So ch. 40:4. |
i | Comp. ch. 36:5 (Heb.). |
k | Gen. 18:27. ch. 30:19. |
k | Gen. 18:27. ch. 30:19. |
l | See ch. 2:8. |
Job 42:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)
5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)
5 I had only heard about you before,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 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)
5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)
5 My ears had heard of you before,
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 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)
5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;
But now mine eye seeth thee:
6 Wherefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
5 I had heard about you with my own ears,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 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)
5 I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes have seen You.
6 Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
5 By the ear’s hearing I heard of you,
but now my eye has seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
5 My ears had heard about you.
But now my own eyes have seen you.
6 So I hate myself.
I’m really sorry for what I said about you.
That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;
6 Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
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