Job 42:4-6

New American Standard Bible

⁴‘Please listen, and I will speak;
I will ^(A)ask You, and You instruct me.’
⁵I have ^(B)heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my ^(C)eye sees You;
⁶Therefore I retract,
And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.”

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Job 42:4-6

English Standard Version

⁴‘Hear, and I will speak;
    ^(A)I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
⁵I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;
⁶therefore I despise myself,
    and repent^[a] in ^(B)dust and ashes.”

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Job 42:6 Or and am comforted

Job 42:4-6

New International Version

⁴“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’^(A)
⁵My ears had heard of you^(B)
    but now my eyes have seen you.^(C)
⁶Therefore I despise myself^(D)
    and repent^(E) in dust and ashes.”^(F)