Job 42:6

Job 42:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

Context of Job 42:6

4You said to me, “Listen carefully to what I will say. I will ask you questions and you must answer them.” 5In the past, I had heard about you from other people. Now I have seen you for myself. So I am ashamed of the things that I said. I sit here in dirt and in ashes to show you that I am very sorry.’ 7When the Lord had spoken to Job, he said this to Eliphaz, the man from Teman: ‘I am very angry with you and with your two friends. The things that my servant Job has said about me are true. But the things that you said were not right. 8You three men must now go to Job. Take seven bulls and seven male sheep with you. Burn them as sacrifices for yourselves. After you have done that, my servant Job will pray for you. I will answer his prayer. Then I will not punish you as you deserve because of your foolish words. My servant Job has spoken the truth about me, but you have not.’

Job 42:6 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֭ן אֶמְאַ֣ס וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי עַל־עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore I abhorמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• and repentנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: relentH5162
• in dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• and ashesאֵ֫פֶר'êpher · ashesH665

Cross-references for Job 42:6

• Job 9:31But then God would throw me down into a dirty hole. Even my own clothes would be ashamed of me!
• Job 40:3Then Job answered the Lord. This is what he said:
• Ezra 9:6I said, ‘My God, I am too ashamed to look up at you. Our sins are very great. They are so many that they reach far above us. We are completely guilty.
• Psalms 51:17You want me to be humble and sorry. That is the sacrifice that you want. When people are humble and they turn away from their sins, you will not refuse them.
• Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will break down its walls, so that it becomes an open field. Then wild animals will go in and they will destroy the vines.
• Jeremiah 31:19After we turned away from you, we were sorry that we had done that. We understood what we had done, and we showed that we were sad. We were ashamed and upset, because of the disgusting things that we did when we were young.”
• Ezekiel 16:63I will forgive you for your sins so that you are no longer guilty. Then you will remember your sins. You will be too ashamed to say anything. That is what the Almighty Lord says.” ’
• Ezekiel 20:43You will remember all the wrong things that you did which made you unclean. You will be ashamed of yourselves because of all the evil things that you have done.
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember the evil way that you lived. You will remember the bad things that you did. You will be ashamed of yourselves because of the sins and the disgusting things that you did.
• Luke 15:18So I will go to my father and tell him, ‘I have done bad things against God, and I have done bad things against you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:8After all these people had seen him, Christ also appeared to me. I was like someone who was born at the wrong time.
• 1 Timothy 1:13Before he chose me, I said bad things about him. I caused great trouble for his people. I was a cruel man, but God was very kind to me. He forgave me because I did not know what I was doing. That was because I did not believe in Jesus.
• James 4:7So obey God's authority. Be strong against the Devil and he will run away from you.
• Job 2:8Job was very upset and he sat down among some ashes. He used a piece of a broken pot to remove the bad bits of skin.
• Job 30:19He has thrown me down into the mud. I am no better than dust and ashes on the ground.
• 1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard Elijah's message, he tore his clothes into pieces. He dressed himself in sackcloth and he did not eat any food. He even wore sackcloth when he slept on his bed. He walked slowly with a sad face.

Commentaries on Job 42:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I abhor myself - Compared with thine, my strength is weakness; my wisdom, folly; and my righteousness, impurity. "I loathe myself when thee I see; And into nothing fall." Repent - I am deeply distressed on account of the imaginations of my heart, the words of my tongue, and the acts of my life. I roll myself in the dust, and sprinkle ashes upon my head. Job is now sufficiently humbled at the feet of Jehovah; and having earnestly and piously prayed for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Wherefore I abhor myself - I see that I am a sinner to be loathed and abhorred. Job, though he did not claim to be perfect, had yet unquestionably been unduly exalted with the conception of his own righteousness, and in the zeal of his argument, and under the excitement of his feelings when reproached by his friends, had indulged in indefensible language respecting his own integrity. He now saw the error and folly of this, and desired to take the lowest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6Job understood the message of God’s speeches: I know that You can do all things. Nothing is too hard for him (Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26). Job says, No plan of Yours can be thwarted (Job 23:13; Isaiah 14:27; 46:10). Job realized how different he was from God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. myself--rather "I abhor," and retract the rash speeches I made against thee (Job 42:3, 4) [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 42:6

• Ashes
• Dust
• God
• Humility
• Job

In the dictionaries

• Ashes
• Hearing
• Repentance
• Wonderful
• Dust

Commentaries on Job 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings