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Job 42:5

World English Bible

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you.

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Job 42:5 in other translations

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

Job 42:5 · American Standard Version

Job 42:5 in context

  1. 3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
    therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand,
    things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
  2. 4You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
    I will question you, and you will answer me.’
  3. 5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you.
  4. 6Therefore I abhor myself,
    and repent in dust and ashes.”
  5. 7It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.