Job 28:22

28:22 Destruction ¹  and Death say,

‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’ ² 

Job 42:5

42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye has seen you. ³ 

[28:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Abaddon.”

[28:22]  ² tn Heb “heard a report of it,” which means a report of its location, thus “where it can be found.”

[42:5]  ³ 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.