Job Replies to the Lord

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

I[a] know that you can do anything
and no plan of yours can be thwarted.(A)
You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”(B)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wondrous for me to[b] know.(C)
You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question(D) you, you will inform me.”
I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes(E) have seen you.
Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.[c][d]

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Footnotes

  1. 42:2 Alt Hb tradition reads You
  2. 42:3 Lit me, and I did not
  3. 42:6 LXX reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
  4. 42:6 Lit I reject and I relent, concerning dust and ashes

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