Job 42:5
By the hearing of the ear I heard You, || And now my eye has seen You.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4Please hear, and I speak; [You said], I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
6Therefore I loathe [it], || And I have sighed on dust and ashes.”
Cross References
Job 4:12And a thing is secretly brought to me, || And my ear receives a little of it.
Job 26:14Behold, these [are] the borders of His way, and how little a matter is heard of Him, and who understands the thunder of His might?”
Job 33:16Then He uncovers the ear of men, || And seals for their instruction,
Isaiah 6:5And I say, “Woe to me, for I have been silent, || For I [am] a man of unclean lips, || And I am dwelling in [the] midst of a people of unclean lips, || Because the King, YHWH of Hosts, my eyes have seen.”
John 12:41Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke of Him.
Acts 7:55and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked steadfastly to the sky, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus 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 →