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Job 42:6

โ€œTherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.โ€

Verse in context โ€” Job 42

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.

8

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls 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 I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

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