Job 42:5
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
6Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
Job 26:14Loe, these are part of his wayes: but how litle a portion heare we of him? and who can vnderstand his fearefull power?
Job 33:16Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections, which he had sealed,
Isaiah 6:5Then I sayd, Wo is me: for I am vndone, because I am a man of polluted lips, and I dwell in the middes of a people of polluted lips: for mine eyes haue seene the King and Lord of hostes.
John 12:41These things sayd Esaias when he sawe his glory, and spake of him.
Acts 7:55But he being full of the holy Ghost, looked stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glory of God, and Iesus standing at 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 →