Job 42:5
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
6 Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
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Compare
- BSB
- My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
- KJV
- I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
- WEB
- I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
- ASV
- I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
- DARBY
- I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:
- BLB
- By the hearing of the ear I had heard of You, and now my eye has seen You.
- ÅB
- Bare hva ryktet meldte, hadde jeg hørt om deg; men nå har mitt øye sett deg.
- OTB
- Jeg hadde hørt om deg ved ørets hørsel,
men nå har mine øyne sett deg; - B1930
- Bare hvad ryktet meldte, hadde jeg hørt om dig; men nu har mitt øie sett dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 1:17–18
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
Read in contextRomans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Read in contextJohn 12:45
And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:5
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
Read in contextIsaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Read in contextJohn 12:41
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
Read in contextJob 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Read in contextNumbers 12:6–8
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
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