Job 42:6
Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
In Context
5I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:27Nowe when Ahab heard those wordes, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth vpon him and fasted, and lay in sackecloth and went softely.
Esther 4:1Now when Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackecloth and ashes, and went out into the middes of the citie, and cryed with a great crye, and a bitter.
Job 9:31Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
Job 40:3Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Isaiah 58:5Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?
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 →