Job 42:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

New Living Translation
I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

English Standard Version
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;

Berean Study Bible
My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

New American Standard Bible
“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

NASB 1995
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

NASB 1977
“I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees Thee;

Amplified Bible
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.

Christian Standard Bible
I had heard reports about you, but now my eyes have seen you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I had heard rumors about You, but now my eyes have seen You.

Contemporary English Version
I heard about you from others; now I have seen you with my own eyes.

Good News Translation
In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I had heard about you with my own ears, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

International Standard Version
I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.

NET Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

New King James Version
“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.

King James 2000 Bible
I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you.

New Heart English Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

World English Bible
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

American King James Version
I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you.

American Standard Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

A Faithful Version
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye sees You.

Darby Bible Translation
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

English Revised Version
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee,

Webster's Bible Translation
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye seeth thee.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I haue geuen diligent eare vnto the, and now I se ye with myne eyes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
By the hearing of the ear I heard You, "" And now my eye has seen You.

Young's Literal Translation
By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
By the hearing of the ear I heard of thee: and now mine eyes saw thee:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
It is by the hearing of the ear I have heard you, and now, behold, my eye has seen you!

Lamsa Bible
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I had heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth Thee;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; but now mine eye has seen thee.
















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