Job 42:2
World English Bible
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1 Then Job answered Yahweh,
2 "I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
3 You asked, `Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?` Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn`t know.
4 You said, `Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.`
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.
6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."
7 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.