Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” New Living Translation I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.” English Standard Version therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Berean Standard Bible Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.” King James Bible Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. New King James Version Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.” New American Standard Bible Therefore I retract, And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.” NASB 1995 Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.” NASB 1977 Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.” Legacy Standard Bible Therefore I reject myself, And I repent in dust and ashes.” Amplified Bible “Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself] And I repent in dust and ashes.” Christian Standard Bible Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore I take back my words and repent in dust and ashes. American Standard Version Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because of this I shall be silent and I shall be revived on the dust and on the ashes Brenton Septuagint Translation Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes. Contemporary English Version That's why I hate myself and sit here in dust and ashes to show my sorrow. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes. English Revised Version Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why I take back what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry." Good News Translation So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes. International Standard Version As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." JPS Tanakh 1917 Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, Seeing I am dust and ashes. Literal Standard Version Therefore I loathe [it], | And I have sighed on dust and ashes.” Majority Standard Bible Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.” New American Bible Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes. NET Bible Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes! New Revised Standard Version therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” New Heart English Bible Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. World English Bible Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Young's Literal Translation Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Submits Himself to the LORD…5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. 6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.” Cross References Genesis 18:27 Then Abraham answered, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord--though I am but dust and ashes-- Joshua 7:6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads. Job 2:8 And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes. Job 42:5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. Ezekiel 6:9 Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me--how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations. Treasury of Scripture Why I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. I Job 9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. Job 40:3,4 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, … Ezra 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. repent Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Job 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. Jump to Previous Abhor Ashes Cause Despise Dust Loathe Repent Repented Retract Seat Sorrow Wherefore Witness WordsJump to Next Abhor Ashes Cause Despise Dust Loathe Repent Repented Retract Seat Sorrow Wherefore Witness WordsJob 42 1. Job submits himself unto God7. God, preferring Job's cause, makes his friends submit themselves, and accepts him 10. He magnifies and blesses Job 16. Job's age and death Verse 6. - Wherefore I abhor myself; or, I loathe my words (see the Revised Version). And repent in dust and ashes. Job was still sitting on the ash-heap on which he had thrown himself when his disease first smote him (Job 2:8). He had thrown himself on it in grief and de, pair; he will remain seated on it in compunction and penitence. His self-humiliation is now complete. He does not retract what he has said concerning his essential integrity, but he admits that his words have been overbold, and his attitude towards God one unbefitting a creature. God accepts his submission, and proceeds to vindicate him to his "friends," and to visit them with condemnation. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereforeעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against I retract [my words], אֶמְאַ֣ס (’em·’as) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear and I repent וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי (wə·ni·ḥam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against dust עָפָ֥ר (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud and ashes.” וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (wā·’ê·p̄er) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 665: Ashes Links Job 42:6 NIVJob 42:6 NLT Job 42:6 ESV Job 42:6 NASB Job 42:6 KJV Job 42:6 BibleApps.com Job 42:6 Biblia Paralela Job 42:6 Chinese Bible Job 42:6 French Bible Job 42:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 42:6 Therefore I abhor myself and repent (Jb) |
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