Job 42:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 42:6

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 42:6

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American Standard Version
Wherefore I abhor `myself', And repent in dust and ashes.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore I loathe [my words] {and} abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Contemporary English Version
That's why I hate myself and sit here in dust and ashes to show my sorrow.

Darby English Version
Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Good News Bible
So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

King James Version
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes."

New International Version
Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes."

New King James Version
Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes."

Revised Standard Version
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore do I loathe `it', And I have repented on dust and ashes.

New English Translation
Therefore I despise myself,¹ and I repent in dust and ashes!

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