Job 42:6

“Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Job 42:6

Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Job chapter 42

Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Wherefore I abhor `myself', And repent in dust and ashes.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
- Basic English Bible

Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
- Darby Bible

Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.
- Douay Rheims Bible

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Webster's Bible

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
- World English Bible

Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Millard Lewis Powers's comment on 2020-08-07 03:03:21:

We are all God's possessions, and I, for one, am glad to be such. He is not morally deficient and could never be so, unlike slave owners. God takes care of his possessions just like I take care of my tractor, only better than I ever could.

Even the pure in heart can do better, at times. If you go back to Job 32 and read to the end of Job 37, Elihu explains why Job needs to repent. He says that Job justified himself rather than God.

Now, Elihu was not one of Job's three friends who had come to visit him, but he was there and had listened patiently to the discussion between them and Job. Notice that when God rebukes Job and his three friends, he DOESN'T rebuke Elihu. Elihu is the ONLY ONE who escapes God's rebuke. So read those six chapters where he speaks for enlightenment about why Job should have repented.

George Godas's comment on 2020-08-05 20:58:45:

Job had heard about God and did not experience God himself. But if, as he says, he is now seeing God, then he must be pure of heart (for they are the ones who see God. So, if he is pure of heart, what is the point of repenting? Also, it seems to me that God may be looking at everything that he created as possessions, including Job. But if Job is a possession, this puts God in a morally deficient mode (not without arrogance). Your thoughts?

George's comment on 2013-11-15 12:07:15:

And this how we should feel about our sinfulness before God and our sins that cost us so much in our lives when we allow them to control us instead of God. And we should also continue past abhorring ourselves and also repent of them before God and leave the paths of sin which pleases God when we trust fully in the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour. Sincerely ;

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