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Job 42:6

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6Therefore I despise myselfk

and repentl in dust and ashes.”m

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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. kJob 40:4; Eze 6:9; Ro 12:3
  2. lSee Job 34:33
  3. mSee Ex 10:3; See Ezr 9:6; See Job 2:8; See 6:29

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

therefore I despise myself,

and repent in dust and ashes.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

I am dust and ashes.

NLTNew Living Translation

I take back everything I said,

and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I despise myself

and repent in dust and ashes.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent

In dust and ashes.