Job 42:5

What does Job 42:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 42:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

Context

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

v.5This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ephesians 1:17

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

  • Romans 10:17

    So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

  • Job 33:16

    Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

  • Isaiah 6:1

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

  • Acts 7:55

    But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

  • 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, Jehovah of hosts.

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