Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.
New American Standard Bible
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
King James Version
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Holman Bible
and repent in dust and ashes.
International Standard Version
As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
A Conservative Version
Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
American Standard Version
Wherefore I abhor myself , And repent in dust and ashes.
Amplified
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Bible in Basic English
For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
Darby Translation
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, I shall melt away, and I lamented in dust and ashes.
King James 2000
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."
Modern King James verseion
Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore I give mine own self the blame, and take repentance in the dust and ashes."
NET Bible
Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
New Heart English Bible
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Webster
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
World English Bible
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.
Themes
Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Job » A man who lived in uz » Submission of, to God
Repentance » Examples of » Job
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Self-abhorrence
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 42:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Repentance And Restoration
5 By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee. 6 For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes. 7 And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.
Names
Cross References
Ezra 9:6
and said, O my God, I turn pale and am ashamed, to lift up, O my God, my face unto thee, - for, our iniquities, have multiplied above the head, and our guilt hath magnified itself unto the heavens.
Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.
Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, - and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Esther 4:1-3
When, Mordecai, came to know all that had been done, Mordecai rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and ashes, - and went forth into the midst of the city, and cried out with an outcry loud and bitter;
Job 9:31
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
Job 40:3-4
Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: -
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God, are a spirit that is broken, - A heart - broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Isaiah 5:5
Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I am about to do to my vineyard, - To take away the fence thereof And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof And it shall be trodden down;
Isaiah 58:5
Like this, shall the fast be that I choose, A day for the son of earth to humble his soul? Is it to bow down as a rush his head, And sackcloth and ashes, to spread out? Is it, this, thou wilt call a fast, Or a day of acceptance with Yahweh?
Jeremiah 31:19
Surely after my return, I was filled with regret, And after I came to know myself, I smote upon the thigh, - I turned pale and was even confounded For I had borne the reproach of my youthful days.
Ezekiel 16:63
To the end thou mayest remember and turn pale, and there be to thee no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,- In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.
Ezekiel 20:43
Then shall ye call to mind. there, your own ways and all your own doings, where- with ye had defiled yourselves,- And ye stroll become loathsome in your own sight, for all your wickednesses, which ye have done.
Ezekiel 36:31
Then shall ye call to mind Your ways that were wicked, and Your doings that were not good,- And shall become loathsome in your own sight. For your iniquities and For your abominations.
Daniel 9:3
So I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek him by prayer, and supplication, - with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes;
Jonah 3:6-10
And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him, - and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Matthew 11:21
Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! Because, if, in Tyre and Zidon, had been done the works of power, which were done in you, of old, in sackcloth and ashes, had they repented.
Luke 10:13
Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! Because, if, in Tyre and Zidon, had been done the works of power which have been down in you, of old, in sackcloth and ashes sitting, they would have repented.
Luke 15:18-19
I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him - Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:
1 Corinthians 15:8-9
And, last of all, just as if unto the unseasonable birth, he appeared, even unto me;
1 Timothy 1:13-16
Though, formerly, a defamer, and persecutor, and insulter; nevertheless mercy was shown me, because, without knowledge, I acted, in unbelief:
James 4:7-10
Range yourselves, therefore, under God, but withstand the adversary, and he will flee from you: