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My ears had heard about you,
    but now my eyes have seen you.
Therefore, I relent[a] and find comfort
    on dust and ashes.

Epilogue

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz from Teman, “I’m angry at you and your two friends because you haven’t spoken about me correctly as did my servant Job.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:6 The verse is capable of several translations: I despise or relent, no direct object; repent of or concerning dust and ashes.

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