Skip to reading
Atomic Bible
Job 42:5
My ears had heard of You,
from Job Submits Himself to the LORD, Job 42:1-6
What it says

He says he had heard of the LORD by hearing, but now his eye sees him.

What it is doing

This verse marks the transition from secondhand knowledge to encounter.

In context

1Then Job replied to the LORD: 2“I know that You can do all things 3You asked, ‘Who is this 4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. 5My ears had heard of You, 6Therefore I despise myself,