Catholic Public Domain Version
"By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you. "
— Job 42:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
“I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: ”
“I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.”
“I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.”
“With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.”
“Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.”
“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you.
So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.
Listen, and I will speak. I will question you, and you may answer me.
By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you.
Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.
But after the Lord had finished speaking these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath has been kindled against you, and against your two friends, because you have not been speaking correctly in my eyes, as my servant Job has done.
Therefore, have seven bulls and seven rams brought to you, and go to my servant Job, and offer these as a holocaust for yourselves. But also, my servant Job will pray for you; I will accept his face, so that foolishness will not be imputed to you. For you have not been speaking correctly about me, as my servant Job has done.