Job 42:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 42:67 words
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Church Fathers on Job 42:6
Wherefore I reproach myself. For the less a person sees himself, the less is he displeased with himself; and the more he discerns the light of greater grace, the more blameworthy does he acknowledge himself to be. For when he is elevated within, by all that he is, he endeavours to agree with that standard which he beholds above him. And because human weakness still impedes him, he perceives that he differs therefrom in no slight degree, and every thing within him is…
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