You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question(A) you, you will inform me.”
I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes(B) have seen you.
Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. 42:6 LXX reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
  2. 42:6 Lit I reject and I relent, concerning dust and ashes

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

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