Job 42:6
For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
In Context
5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:27Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.
Esther 4:1Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.
Job 9:31Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
Job 40:3\40:8\Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Psalms 51:17\51:15\O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.
Isaiah 58:5Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?
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 →