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


In Context

3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

4 "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.'

5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

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

7 After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:6Wherefore I abhor myself , And repent 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.