World English Bible
Job 42:5
“I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.”
Verse in context — Job 42
3
You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
4
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.
5
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
6
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
7
It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
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