Job 42:4-5

42:4 You said, ¹ 

‘Pay attention, and I will speak;

I will question you, and you will answer me.’

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

but now my eye has seen you. ² 

[42:4]  ¹ tn This phrase, “you said,” is supplied in the translation to introduce the recollection of God’s words.

[42:5]  ² 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.