Job 42:5-6

Job's Confession and Repentance

5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent 1 in l dust and ashes."

  1. Cross References
    Job 30:19
    God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
    Genesis 18:27
    Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
    Job 2:8
    And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.
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