Job 42:5
With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, and I will speak : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
6Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
Job 26:14Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
Job 33:16Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
Isaiah 6:5And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.
John 12:41These things said Isaias, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on 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 →