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

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes have seen You.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of thee by the hearing
שׁמע 
Shema` 
Usage: 18

of the ear
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

but now mine eye
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

Devotionals

Devotionals about Job 42:5

Devotionals containing Job 42:5

References

Hastings

Images Job 42:5

Prayers for Job 42:5

Context Readings

Job's Repentance And Restoration

4
‘Hear, please, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’
5 
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
6
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”


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,

“Hear now My words:
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,

“Woe is me! For I am ruined,
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

And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

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].

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