Old Testament · VERSE 5

Job 42:5

King James Version

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

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Job 42:5 in context

Job 42:3

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.

Job 42:4

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

Job 42:5SELECTED VERSE

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

Job 42:6

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

Job 42:7

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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