Verse
Job 42:5 — I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye…
“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
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The verses around Job 42:5.
3Who 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.
Verse explanation
The line about hearing of God by the hearing of the ear, but now seeing Him with his own eyes, marks Job’s turning point: it comes not from a logical explanation for suffering but from a direct encounter. He moves from hearing about God to experiencing God, and that changes everything even though he never gets an answer about the reason for his pain.
From the Job 42 study in Bible in Stories.
Job 42:5 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Com o ouvido das orelhas te ouvi, mas agora te vê o meu olho.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Com os ouvidos eu ouvira falar de ti; mas agora meus olhos te veem.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Antes sólo había oído hablar de ti, pero ahora te he visto con mis propios ojos.
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