I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes(A) have seen you.
Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.[a][b]

After the Lord had finished speaking[c] to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

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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
  3. 42:7 Lit speaking these words

My ears had heard of you(A)
    but now my eyes have seen you.(B)
Therefore I despise myself(C)
    and repent(D) in dust and ashes.”(E)

Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(F), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(G) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(H)

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