Job 42:6 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.

English ASV

Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

English Amplified

Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

English EASY 2024

So I am ashamed of the things that I said. I sit here in dirt and in ashes to show you that I am very sorry.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

And I am ashamed of myself. I am so sorry. As I sit in the dust and ashes, I promise to change my heart and my life."

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

English God's Word - GW 1995

That is why I take back what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Therefore I take back [my words] and repent in dust and ashes.

English KJV 1611

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

English LSB

Therefore I reject myself, And I repent in dust and ashes.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So I hate myself. I'm really sorry for what I said about you. That's why I'm sitting in dust and ashes."

English NIV

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

English NKJ 1982

Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

English NLT

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and I loathe myself and repent in dust and ashes.' “

English Tyndale 1537

Wherefore I give mine own self the blame, and take repentance in the dust and ashes.

Job 42:6 — Compare Translations