Job 42:5
I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye sees you.
Updated King James Version
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, I plead to you, and I will speak: I will demand of you, and declare you unto me.
6Wherefore I detest myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Job 26:14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 33:16Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
John 12:41These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, (o. pneuma) looked up steadfastly 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 →