Job 42:6
“Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.”
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Job 42:6 Context
4Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me. 5I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes. 7¶ And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words vnto Iob, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, & against thy two friends: for ye haue not spoken of mee the thing that is right, as my seruant Iob hath. 8Therefore take vnto you now seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes, and goe to my seruant Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruant Iob shal pray for you, for him wil I accept: lest I deale with you after your folly, in that ye haue not spoken of mee the thing which is right, like my seruant Iob.
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Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
- King James Version
Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore I abhor `myself', And repent in dust and ashes.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
- Basic English Bible
Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
- Darby Bible
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Webster's Bible
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
- World English Bible
Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible