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Job 42:5

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42:5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye has seen you.6

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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.”

Footnotes

  1. 6 This statement does not imply there was a vision. He is simply saying that this experience of God was real and personal. In the past his knowledge of God was what he had heard—hearsay. This was real.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye sees you;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My ears had heard of you

but now my eyes have seen you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I had heard reports about you,

but now my eyes have seen you.

NLTNew Living Translation

I had only heard about you before,

but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

By the ear’s hearing I heard of you,

but now my eye has seen you.

KJV 1900King James Version

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear:

But now mine eye seeth thee.