Job 42:4-6
Expanded Bible
4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.
I will ask you questions,
and you must ·answer [inform] me.’
5 My ears had heard of you before,
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 So now I ·hate [despise] myself;
I will ·change my heart and life [L repent], ·and will sit in [L …in] dust and ashes [C for his questioning of God, not for anything that led to his suffering].”
Job 42:4-6
Amplified Bible
4
‘Hear, please, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’
5
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
6
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
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