Parallel Verses
Amplified
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
New American Standard Bible
But now my
King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Holman Bible
but now my eyes
International Standard Version
I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.
A Conservative Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.
American Standard Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
Bible in Basic English
Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Darby Translation
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:
Julia Smith Translation
By the hearing of the ear I heard of thee: and now mine eyes saw thee:
King James 2000
I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By the ear's hearing I heard [of] you, but now my eye has seen you.
Modern King James verseion
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye has seen You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have given diligent ear unto thee, and now I see thee with mine eyes.
NET Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.
New Heart English Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
The Emphasized Bible
By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.
Webster
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye seeth thee.
World English Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
Youngs Literal Translation
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.
Themes
Job » A man who lived in uz » Submission of, to God
Spiritual » Vision » Afflictions prepare for
Vision » Spiritual, general references to » Afflictions prepare for
Topics
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Job 42:5
Devotionals containing Job 42:5
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 42:5
Prayers for Job 42:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Repentance And Restoration
4
‘Hear, please, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Names
Cross References
Romans 10:17
So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ.
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw [in a vision] the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, with the train of His royal robe filling the [most holy part of the] temple.
John 1:18
No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].
Numbers 12:6-8
And He said,
If there is a prophet among you,
I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a vision
And I will speak to him in a dream.
Job 4:12
“Now a word was secretly brought to me,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
Job 23:8-9
“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there;
I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;
Job 26:14
“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
Job 28:22
“Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say,
‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’
Job 33:16
Then He opens the ears of men
And seals their instruction,
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said,
Because I am a man of [ceremonially] unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
John 12:41
Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.
John 12:45
Acts 7:55-56
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit and led by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory [the great splendor and majesty] of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;
Ephesians 1:17-18
[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].