“Hear, and I will speak; I will question Thee, and answer Thou me. 4. To hear, is, with us, to adapt our ear which is in one place to a sound which comes from another. But with God, on the other hand, to Whom nothing is external, hearing is properly for Him to perceive our longings which are rising up beneath Him. For…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXV
Original
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
— Job 42:4 —
5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.