Job 42:6
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Berean Study Bible
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.

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

Hebrew
Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

I retract [my words],
אֶמְאַ֣ס (’em·’as)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear

and I repent
וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי (wə·ni·ḥam·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

dust
עָפָ֥ר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

and ashes.”
וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (wā·’ê·p̄er)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 665: Ashes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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