Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

By the hearing of the ear I heard of thee: and now mine eyes saw thee:

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:

Amplified


“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.

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:

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, now, and I will speak: I will ask thee and make thou known to me. 5 By the hearing of the ear I heard of thee: and now mine eyes saw thee: 6 For this, I shall melt away, and I lamented in dust and ashes.


Cross References

Romans 10:17

Therefore faith, from the report, and report by the word of God.

Isaiah 6:1

In the year king Uzziah died, and I shall see Jehovah sitting upon his throne, high and lifted up, and his train filling the temple.

John 1:18

None has seen God at any time; the only born Son, he being in the bosom of the Father, he has declared.

Numbers 12:6-8

And he will say, Hear ye now, my word: If there shall be your prophet of Jehovah, in a vision I will be known to him; in a dream I will speak to him.

Job 4:12

And a word shall be brought to me by stealth, and mine ear will take a transient sound from it

Job 23:8-9

Behold, I shall go before, and he is not; and behind, I shall not understand for him.

Job 26:14

Behold these the ends of his ways; how transient a sound of the word was heard in him! and the thunder of his might who shall understand?

Job 28:22

Destruction and death said, We heard its report with our ears:

Job 33:16

Then he will uncover the ear of men, and will seal in their instruction,

Isaiah 6:5

And saying, Wo to me! for I was cut off; because I a man of unclean lips, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips I dwell: for mine eyes saw the king, Jehovah of armies.

John 12:41

These said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

John 12:45

And he seeing me, sees him having sent me.

Acts 7:55-56

And being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked intently to heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

Ephesians 1:17-18

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, might give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in his knowledge:

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