Parallel Verses

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:

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, now, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct me.’
5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;
6 Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”


Cross References

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Isaiah 6:1

In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

John 1:18

No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

Numbers 12:6-8

He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision.
I shall speak with him in a dream.

Job 4:12

“Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

Job 23:8-9

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

Job 26:14

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

Job 28:22

Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’

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 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

These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.

John 12:45

He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

Acts 7:55-56

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and 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, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

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