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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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King James Version

Job 29:11

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Poor;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ear, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Job;   Poor;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eye;   Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
"All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.
English Revised Version
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
Update Bible Version
For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
New Century Version
Anyone who heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me praised me,
New English Translation
"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
Webster's Bible Translation
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
World English Bible
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
Amplified Bible
"For when an ear heard [my name mentioned], it called me happy and fortunate; And when an eye saw [me], it testified for me [approvingly],
English Standard Version
When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
An eere herynge blesside me, and an iye seynge yeldide witnessyng to me;
Berean Standard Bible
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
Contemporary English Version
Everyone was pleased with what I said and did.
American Standard Version
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
Bible in Basic English
For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;
Complete Jewish Bible
Any ear that heard me blessed me, any eye that saw me gave witness to me,
Darby Translation
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
Easy-to-Read Version
All who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw what I did praised me,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
King James Version (1611)
When the eare heard mee, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gaue witnesse to me:
New Life Bible
Those who heard me, honored me. Those who saw me, respected me,
New Revised Standard
When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
George Lamsa Translation
For when the ear heard me, then it praised me; and when the eye saw me, it gave testimony about me;
Good News Translation
Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
Revised Standard Version
When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
Christian Standard Bible®
When they heard me, they blessed me,and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.
Hebrew Names Version
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
Lexham English Bible
"When the ear heard and commended me, and the eye saw and testified in support of me
Literal Translation
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw, and witnessed for me.
Young's Literal Translation
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good.
New American Standard Bible
"For when an ear heard, it called me blessed, And when an eye saw, it testified in support of me,
New King James Version
When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For when the ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
Legacy Standard Bible
For the ear heard, and it called me blessed,And the eye saw, and it gave witness of me,

Contextual Overview

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ear: Job 31:20, Proverbs 29:2, Luke 4:22, Luke 11:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:17 - ye shall hear Deuteronomy 24:13 - deliver Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert 2 Samuel 14:22 - thanked Job 32:1 - righteous Proverbs 28:12 - righteous Proverbs 29:14 - king Matthew 25:17 - he also 1 Corinthians 12:21 - General 1 Thessalonians 2:10 - how

Cross-References

Genesis 27:26
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Genesis 29:13
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Genesis 29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Genesis 45:2
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Exodus 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
Romans 16:16
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me,.... The ear of the common people assembled together to hear causes tried, and how they would go; when they heard Job give his opinion in court, or the definitive sentence passed by him as a judge, they all applauded his wisdom and justice; they highly praised and commended him; in which sense the word "blessed" is used, Proverbs 31:28; or they wished a blessing on him; they prayed for his welfare, as it becomes people to do for those that are in authority, especially wise and faithful magistrates; or they accounted him a blessed man, and called him so, Luke 1:48; as he was, both in a temporal sense, being blessed with a great plenty of earthly things, and also blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ, with an abundance of grace, and with a title to eternal glory; as well as he was blessed as a magistrate, with great wisdom, and with great integrity and uprightness in the discharge of his office:

and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me: of his gracefulness and gravity, of his honesty and faithfulness, of his good behaviour among his neighbours, and of his wise conduct in the courts of judicature.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When the ear heard me. - A personification for “they who heard me speak, blessed me.” That is, they commended or praised me.

And when the eye saw me - All who saw me.

It gave witness to me - That is, the fixed attention to what he said and the admiration which was shown by the eyes of the multitudes, were witnesses of the respect and honor in which he was held. Gray has a beautiful expression similar to this when he says,

“He reads his history in a nation’s eyes.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 29:11. When the ear heard me — This and the six following verses present us with a fine exhibition of a man full of benevolence and charity, acting up to the highest dictates of those principles, and rendering the miserable of all descriptions happy, by the constant exercise of his unconfined philanthropy.


 
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