King James Version (KJV)

Job 42:6

โ€œWherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.โ€

Verse in context โ€” Job 42

4

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

5

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

6

Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

7

And 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].

8

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.

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