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Job 42:5
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I had heard reports about you,but now my eyes have seen you.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
My ears had heard of you before, but now my eyes have seen you.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.
"I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;But now my eye sees You;
My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
I heard about you from others; now I have seen you with my own eyes.
I had heard about you with my ears, but now my eye sees you;
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:
In the past I heard about you, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.
In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
By the ear's hearing I heard of you, but now my eye has seen you.
I have heard of You by hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen You;
I haue geuen diligent eare vnto the, and now I se ye with myne eyes.
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
I had heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth Thee;
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare: but now mine eye seeth thee.
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee.
I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; but now mine eye has seen thee.
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee,
Bi heryng of eere Y herde thee, but now myn iye seeth thee.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye seeth thee.
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.
I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
I had heard of You only by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.
With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee;
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.
Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
heard: Job 4:12, Job 28:22, Job 33:16, Romans 10:17
mine: Job 23:8, Job 23:9, Numbers 12:6-8, Isaiah 6:1, John 1:18, John 12:41, John 12:45, Acts 7:55, Acts 7:56
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:10 - not worthy of the least of all Exodus 3:6 - hid Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble Job 23:10 - I shall Job 31:23 - by Isaiah 6:5 - said I Isaiah 64:6 - are all Lamentations 3:29 - putteth Ezekiel 16:61 - remember Luke 5:8 - I am Acts 7:32 - Then Philippians 3:9 - not
Cross-References
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was intense in the land.
And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was intense in all the earth.
Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear,.... From his ancestors, who in a traditionary way had handed down from one to another what they knew of God, his will and worship, his works and ways; and from those who had the care of his education, parents and tutors, who had instilled the principles of religion, and the knowledge of divine things, into him very early; and from such as might instruct in matters of religion in a public manner; and both by ordinary and extraordinary revelation made unto him, as was sometimes granted to men in that age in which Job lived; see Job 4:16. Though he had heard more of God through his speaking to him out of the whirlwind than ever he did before, to which he had attentively listened; and the phrase, hearing by or with the hearing of the ear, denotes close attention; see Ezekiel 44:5;
but now mine eye seeth thee; thy Shechinah, as Jarchi; thy divine glory and Majesty; the Logos, the Word or Son of God, who now appeared in an human form, and spake to Job out of the whirlwind; and whom he saw with the eyes of his body, as several of the patriarchs had seen him, and which is the sense of an ancient writer n; though no doubt he saw him also with the eyes of his understanding, and had a clearer sight of his living Redeemer, the Messiah, than ever he had before; and saw more of God in Christ, of his nature, perfections, and glory, than ever he had as yet seen; and what he had heard of him came greatly short of what he now saw; particularly he had a more clear and distinct view of the sovereignty, wisdom, goodness, and justice of God in the dealings of his providence with the children of men, and with himself, to which now he humbly submitted.
n Euseb. Demonstr. Evangel. l. 1. c. 5. p. 11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear - Referring to the indistinct views which we have of anything by merely hearing of it, compared with the clear apprehension which is furnished by sight. Job had had such views of God as one may obtain by being told of him; he now had such views as are furnished by the sight. The meaning is, that his views of God before were dark and obscure.
But now mine eye seeth thee - We are not to suppose that Job means to say that he actually “saw” God, but that his apprehensions of him were clear and bright “as if” he did. There is no evidence that God appeared to Job in any visible form. He is said, indeed, to have spoken from the whirlwind, but no visible manifestation of Yahweh is mentioned.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 42:5. I have heard of thee — I have now such a discovery of thee as I have never had before. I have only heard of thee by tradition, or from imperfect information; now the eye of my mind clearly perceives thee, and in seeing thee, I see myself; for the light that discovers thy glory and excellence, discovers my meanness and vileness.
