Job 42:5-7

Revised Standard Version

⁵I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees thee;
⁶therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”

Job’s Friends Are Humiliated

⁷After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eli′phaz the Te′manite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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