Job 42:6 “Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.””

Job 42:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

World English Bible

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

American Standard Version

Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

Darby Translation

Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on 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.

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Cross references

“I”

Ezra 9:6 1 Timothy 1:13–16 James 4:7–10 Psalm 51:17 Jeremiah 31:19 Ezekiel 16:63

Ezra 9:6 · BSB

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

1 Timothy 1:13–16 · BSB

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

James 4:7–10 · BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Psalm 51:17 · BSB

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Jeremiah 31:19 · BSB

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Ezekiel 16:63 · BSB

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

“repent”

Job 30:19 Daniel 9:3 Job 2:8 Esther 4:1–3 Jonah 3:6–10 Matthew 11:21

Job 30:19 · BSB

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Daniel 9:3 · BSB

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Job 2:8 · BSB

And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

Esther 4:1–3 · BSB

When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

Jonah 3:6–10 · BSB

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Matthew 11:21 · BSB

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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

In context

5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

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