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Job 42:5

American Standard Version

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

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Job 42:5 in other translations

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

Job 42:5 · World English Bible

Job 42:5 in context

  1. 3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
  2. 4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
  3. 5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
  4. 6Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
  5. 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.