6Wherefore I abhor myself , And repent in dust and ashes.


In Context

3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

6 Wherefore I abhor myself , And repent in dust and ashes.

7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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 hath.

8 Now therefore, take unto you 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, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Job 42:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself,] and repent in dust and ashes.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:6Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:6Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:6Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:6Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:6Why I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.