Job 42:5
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now hath mine eye seen thee.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4Hear thou, then, I beseech thee, and I will speak! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
6Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12A word was once secretly brought to me, And mine ear caught a whisper thereof.
Job 26:14Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 33:16Then openeth he the ears of men, And sealeth up for them admonition;
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, Alas for me! I am undone! For I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among a people of unclean lips, and mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
John 12:41These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
Acts 7:55But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked up earnestly into heaven, and 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 →