Job 42:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 42:5

3 You asked, ^a‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
^bThings too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ^a‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’

5 “I have ^aheard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.

6 Therefore I ^aabhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”

7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

8 Now therefore, take for yourselves ^aseven bulls and seven rams, ^bgo to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall ^cpray for you. For I will accept¹ him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had¹ accepted Job.

10 ^aAnd the Lord¹ restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job ^btwice as much as he had before.

Verse Comparison: Job 42:5

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American Standard Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

Amplified® Bible
I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You.

Contemporary English Version
I heard about you from others; now I have seen you with my own eyes.

Darby English Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

Good News Bible
In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

New American Standard Bible
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

New International Version
My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.

New King James Version
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

Revised Standard Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee;

Young's Literal Translation
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

New English Translation
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.¹

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