Job 42:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

KJV

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

WEB

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

ASV

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

LSV

Therefore I loathe [it], || And I have sighed on dust and ashes.”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

JPS

Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.

LXXE

Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עַל־כֵּ֭ן אֶמְאַ֣ס וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי עַל־עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃

LXX-Br

Διὸ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν, καὶ ἐτάκην· ἥγημαι δὲ ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν.

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• Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
• James 4:7–10Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn,…
• 1 Timothy 1:13–16I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in…
• Job 40:3–4Then Job answered the LORD: “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
• Job 30:19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
• Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• 1 Corinthians 15:8–9And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth. For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Esther 4:1–3When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king’s gate,…
• Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
• Jeremiah 31:19After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
• Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
• Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
• Ezekiel 20:43There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
• Luke 10:13Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
• Luke 15:18–19I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’

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