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Job 42:5 Cross-References
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“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
Job 42:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 42:5
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Job articulates the difference between secondhand knowledge and personal encounter with God. "Heard of thee by the hearing of the ear" (leshema-ozen shema'tikha, לְשֵׁמַע־אֹזֶן שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ) indicates indirect knowledge—hearing about God through tradition, teaching, or others' testimony. This represents religious knowledge, theological propositions, inherited faith—accurate but abstract."Now mine eye seeth thee" (ve'atah eini ra'atka, וְעַתָּה עֵינִי רָאָתְךָ) describes direct personal experience. The verb ra'ah (רָא...
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Cross-References for Job 42:5
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“the Father of glory”
“and hearing by the word of God.”
“And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.”
“and spoke of him.{Isaiah 6:1}”
“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne”
“Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
“Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you”
“{NU reads God} who is in the bosom of the Father”
“these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?,Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?, הֶן־אֵלֶּה קְצוֹת *דרכו **דְּרָכָיו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם *גבורתו **גְּבוּרוֹתָיו[k] מִי יִתְבּוֹנָן׃ ס ,Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; And how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?,ἰδοὺ ταῦτα μέρη ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα λόγου ἀκουσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῷ σθένος δὲ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ τίς οἶδεν ὁπότε ποιήσει,Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ it?,,,,”