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Job 42:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare "
Job 42:4
Verse in Context
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2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden
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
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Job 42:1
"Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"
Job 42:2
"I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden"
Job 42:3
"Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew"
Job 42:5
"I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth"
Job 42:6
"Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Job 42:7
"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"
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