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Job 42:5

FaithGod's presenceJesus Christ

3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD 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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 1:17–18

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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  • Romans 10:17

    So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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  • John 12:45

    And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

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  • John 12:41

    These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

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  • Job 26:14

    Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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  • Numbers 12:6–8

    And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

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