Job 42:5
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak, I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.
6Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
Job 26:14Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 33:16Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, 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 my eyes have seen the King, LORD of hosts.
John 12:41Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke about him.
Acts 7:55But being full of Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Matthew Henry on Job 42:2-7
Job's Humble Confession. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered the Lord , and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 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. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and… Read the whole commentary →