1. And Job answered Jehovah and said,
2. I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.
3. Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.
5. I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:
6. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.