Job 42:6
Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
In Context
5With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:27And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.
Esther 4:1Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head: and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.
Job 9:31Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
Job 40:3Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
Psalms 51:17O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
Isaiah 58:5Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable 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 →