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 wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.

that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils which ye have committed.

And ye shall remember your evil ways, and your doings which were not good, and shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and for your abominations.

I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

and last of all, as to an abortion, he appeared to me also.

who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.

Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

General references

Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.

For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;