Job 42:6

Job chapter 42 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

v.6This passage

v.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.

Cross references

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

  • James 4:7

    Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • Luke 15:18

    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

  • Job 40:3

    Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

  • Isaiah 5:5

    And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  • 1 Kings 21:27

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Esther 4:1

    Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;