Ayub 32:11

32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak; ¹ 

I listened closely to your wise thoughts, ² while you were searching for words.

Ayub 42:5

42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye has seen you. ³ 

[32:11]  ¹ tn Heb “for your words.”

[32:11]  ² tn The word means “understanding.” It refers to the faculty of perception and comprehension; but it also can refer to what that produces, especially when it is in the plural (see Ps 49:4). See R. Gordis, Job, 368. Others translate it “reasonings,” “arguments,” etc.

[42:5]  ³ sn This statement does not imply there was a vision. He is simply saying that this experience of God was real and personal. In the past his knowledge of God was what he had heard – hearsay. This was real.