Job 42:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
Job 42:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 42:5 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 42:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 42:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.”
Job 42:5 — World English Bible
Job 42:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:”
Job 42:5 — American Standard Version
Job 42:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.”
Job 42:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 42:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee: ”
Job 42:5 — Darby Translation
Job 42:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.”
Job 42:5 — Geneva Bible
Job 42:5 in Context — Job 42
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
7 And 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.
What Does Job 42:5 Mean?
Job 42:5 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 42. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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