KJV King James Version
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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Job 42:5
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
WEB World English Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
ASV American Standard Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.
Surrounding context — Job 42
2 I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee.
3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
7 And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job [hath].
8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.
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Ephesians 1:17-18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:Romans 10:17So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.John 12:45And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.John 12:41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.Job 26:14Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?Numbers 12:6-8And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].Job 4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.Job 23:8-9Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:Job 33:16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,Job 28:22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.Acts 7:55-56But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
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