Job 42:5
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
In Context
4'Hear, I pray thee, and I — I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
6Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 4:12And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.
Job 26:14Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
Job 33:16Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
Isaiah 6:5And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man — unclean of lips [am] I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'
John 12:41these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Acts 7:55and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he 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 →