Job 42:5
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 42 connects to 10 cross-references. Job responds with genuine submission and repentance, confessing that his prior knowledge was hearsay but now he sees God. God rebukes the three friends for not speaking right of him as Job had, commands their sacrifice, and restores Job's fortunes …
Other Translations
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.
Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Cross References
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself …
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the …
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, …
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of …
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, …
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I …