SinaiJob 42:6
American Standard Version
Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
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Job 42:6 in other translations
Therefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:6 in context
- 4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- 5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
- 6Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
- 7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
- 8Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.