Job 42:5
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.
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- Rom 10:17 : 17 Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.
- John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
- Isa 6:1 : 1 Isaiah’s Commission In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.
- Isa 6:5 : 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
- Eph 1:17-18 : 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
- John 12:41 : 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.
- John 12:45 : 45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.
- Acts 7:55-56 : 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look!” he said.“I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
- Num 12:6-8 : 6 The LORD said,“Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
- Job 4:12 : 12 Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
- Job 23:8-9 : 8 The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him. 9 In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
- Job 26:14 : 14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
- Job 28:22 : 22 Destruction and Death say,‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’
- Job 33:16 : 16 Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,
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1Job Pleads His Cause to God“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.
2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!
3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
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8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):
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11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
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6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
- Job 19:26-272 verses75%
26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,
27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
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8The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
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17“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,
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32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
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22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
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16It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
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4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?
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4For you have said,‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’
5But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,
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18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
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6I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.
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20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”
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1Job’s Confession Then Job answered the LORD:
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30For my eyes have seen your salvation
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22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.
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6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!
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25The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.
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8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.
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12The ear that hears and the eye that sees– the LORD has made them both.
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3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
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5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
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11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
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6You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.
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3When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,
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3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
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11I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.
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2Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.
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1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
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15You will call and I– I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made.
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4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.
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14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
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21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
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28Other Explanation“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!
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7I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.
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25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.
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22But you take notice, LORD; do not be silent! O Lord, do not remain far away from me!
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4Against you– you above all– I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.
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4“Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
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4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!
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2Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!