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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 42:4

Again he repeats God's words in Job 38:3 and Job 40:7.

5, 6. Job declares that he now understands God's relations towards man in a far deeper and truer sense than he had hitherto. At once he retracts and repents of all that he had said amiss. The sight of God, i.e. a clearer apprehension of His majesty and righteousness, humbles Job to the dust.

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