Job 42:6

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Summary

Job 42:6

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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General references

Job 13:22

Job 34:31

Bible References

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Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.

For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.

So that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

And ye have remembered there your ways, And all your doings, In which ye have been defiled, And ye have been loathsome in your own faces, For all your evils that ye have done.

And ye have remembered your ways that are evil, And your doings that are not good, And have been loathsome in your own faces, For your iniquities, and for your abominations.

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,

who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

General references

And call Thou, and I -- I answer, Or -- I speak, and answer Thou me.

For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,