Job 42:5
I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; 1 But now mine eye has seen thee. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: 1 And I will ask thee, and do thou teach me. 1
6Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: 1 And I esteem myself dust and ashes. 1
Cross References
Job 4:12But if there had been any truth in thy words, 1 None of these evils would have befallen thee. 1 Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him? 1
Job 26:14Behold, these are parts of his way; 1 And we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: 1 But the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ it?
Job 33:16Then opens he the understanding of men: 1 He scares them with such fearful visions: 1
Isaiah 6:5And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.
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 →