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You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
    I will question you, and you will answer me.’
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you.
Therefore I abhor myself,
    and repent in dust and ashes.”

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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