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Job 42:6

Job 42:6 (WEB)

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

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John Chrysostom

Jerome

  • “In fact Zacharias is punished with dumbness, Job is condemned out of his own mouth, and Jehoshaphat and Josiah who are beyond a doubt described as righteous are narrated to have done things displeasing to the Lord.” — editor's note: Job xlii. 6.

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Augustine of Hippo

  • “…God, “I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth Thee: wherefore I abhor myself, and melt away, and count myself dust and ashes;” although there is no reason why we should not understand this of the eye of the heart, of which the apostle says, “Having the eyes of your heart illuminated.”” — editor's note: Job xlii. 5, 6.

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Clement of Alexandria

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