Job 42:5 · KJV
“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
— Job 42:5
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Wherefore I abhor {myself}, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42 — Context
Who {is} he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6Wherefore I abhor {myself}, and repent in dust and ashes.
7And it was {so}, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me {the thing that is} right, as my servant Job {hath}.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:17-18
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: {in...: or, for the acknowledgement}
Romans 10:17
So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
John 12:45
And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. {his...: or, the skirts thereof}
Isaiah 6:5
Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. {undone: Heb. cut off}
John 12:41
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Job 26:14
Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 4:12
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}