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Job 42:6
New English Translation
Job 42:6
New English Translation
6 Therefore I despise myself,[a]
and I repent in dust and ashes!”
Footnotes
- Job 42:6 tn Or “despise what I said.” There is no object on the verb; Job could be despising himself or the things he said (see L. J. Kuyper, “Repentance of Job,” VT 9 [1959]: 91-94).
Isaiah 58:5
New English Translation
Isaiah 58:5
New English Translation
5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want?[a]
Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves,[b]
bowing their heads like a reed
and stretching out[c] on sackcloth and ashes?
Is this really what you call a fast,
a day that is pleasing to the Lord?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:5 tn Heb “choose” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “wish.”
- Isaiah 58:5 tn Heb “a day when man humbles himself.” The words “Do I want” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Isaiah 58:5 tn Or “making [their] bed.”
Jonah 3:6
New English Translation
Jonah 3:6
New English Translation
6 When the news[a] reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
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- Jonah 3:6 tn Heb “word” or “matter.”
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