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Job 42:7 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 "
Job 42:7
Verse in Context
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I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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
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.
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
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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 42:4
"Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare"
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."
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