Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen 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:

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.

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, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.' 5 By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee. 6 Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.


Cross References

Romans 10:17

so then the faith is by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

Isaiah 6:1

In the year of the death of king Uzziah -- I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.

John 1:18

God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

Numbers 12:6-8

And He saith, 'Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him;

Job 4:12

And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

Job 23:8-9

Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

Job 26:14

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

Job 28:22

Destruction and death have said: 'With our ears we have heard its fame.'

Job 33:16

Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:

Isaiah 6:5

And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

John 12:41

these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

John 12:45

and he who is beholding me, doth behold Him who sent me;

Acts 7:55-56

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

Ephesians 1:17-18

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

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