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Job 42:5–6

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

But now my beye sees You;

6Therefore I reject myself,

And I repent in dust and ashes.”

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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. aJob 26:14; Rom 10:17
  2. bIs 6:5; Eph 1:17, 18

In other versions

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.”

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.”

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.

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.”

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.”

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.