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Job 42:4-6
Common English Bible

4 You said,[a] “Listen and I will speak;
    I will question you and you will inform me.”
5 My ears had heard about you,
    but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore, I relent[b] and find comfort
    on dust and ashes.

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  1. Job 42:4 Heb lacks You said.
  2. Job 42:6 The verse is capable of several translations: I despise or relent, no direct object; repent of or concerning dust and ashes.
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Job 42:4-6
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4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’(A)
5 My ears had heard of you(B)
    but now my eyes have seen you.(C)
6 Therefore I despise myself(D)
    and repent(E) in dust and ashes.”(F)

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