I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself,
    and repent[a] in (A)dust and ashes.”

The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz (B)the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:6 Or and am comforted

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