Job 42:5
Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
Cross References
Job 4:12A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.
Job 26:14See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Job 33:16Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
John 12:41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)
Acts 7:55But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus 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 →