Job 42:5
I had only heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye hath seen thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4Oh do but hear [me], and I will indeed speak: I will ask of thee, and do thou inform me.
6Therefore I reject [what I have said], and repent; because I am dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12But to me a word came by stealth, and my ear took in a scarcely perceptible whisper thereof.
Job 26:14Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
Job 33:16Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;
Isaiah 6:5And I said, Woe is me! for I am lost; because a man of unclean lips am I, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips do I dwell; for the King, the Lord of hosts have my eyes seen.
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 →