Job 42:5 “My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.”

Job 42:5

My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

World English Bible

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

American Standard Version

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.

Darby Translation

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

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Cross references

“heard”

Romans 10:17 Job 4:12 Job 33:16 Job 28:22

Romans 10:17 · BSB

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Job 4:12 · BSB

Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

Job 33:16 · BSB

He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

Job 28:22 · BSB

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

“mine”

John 12:45 Isaiah 6:1 John 12:41 Numbers 12:6–8 John 1:18 Job 23:8

John 12:45 · BSB

And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

Isaiah 6:1 · BSB

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

John 12:41 · BSB

Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

Numbers 12:6–8 · BSB

He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

John 1:18 · BSB

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

Job 23:8 · BSB

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

Also

Ephesians 1:17–18 Isaiah 6:5 Job 26:14

Ephesians 1:17–18 · BSB

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Job 26:14 · BSB

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

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