Job 42:5

NETBible

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. 1 

NIV ©

My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

"I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

MSG ©

I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand--from my own eyes and ears!

BBE ©

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.

KJV
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but now mine eye
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NASB ©
"I have heard
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of You by the hearing
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my eye
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PRT
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PRT
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T-NSM
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N-NSM
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P-GS
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NET [draft] ITL
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of you by the hearing
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of the ear, but now
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my eye
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HEBREW
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NETBible

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. 1 

NET Notes

1 sn This statement does not imply there was a vision. He is simply saying that this experience of God was real and personal. In the past his knowledge of God was what he had heard – hearsay. This was real.