Job 42:6

Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: 1 And I esteem myself dust and ashes. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

In Context

5I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; 1 But now mine eye has seen thee. 1

7And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 1 Thou hast sinned, and thy two friends: 1 For ye have not said anything true before me, 1 As my servant Job has. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:27And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.

Job 9:31Thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, 1 And my garment had abhorred me. 1

Job 40:3And Job answered and said to the Lord, 1

Isaiah 58:5I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.

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 →

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