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Job 29:11

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they 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

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:
King James Version
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
English Standard Version
When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,
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,
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],
New American Standard Bible
"For when an ear heard, it called me blessed, And when an eye saw, it testified in support of me,
World English Bible
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the ear heard, and it called me blessed,And the eye saw, and it gave witness of 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.
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,
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.
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good.
American Standard Version
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto 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:
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.
English Revised Version
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
An eere herynge blesside me, and an iye seynge yeldide witnessyng to 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:
Webster's Bible Translation
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
New King James Version
When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
New Living Translation
"All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of 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;
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;
Young's Literal Translation
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] 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,

Contextual Overview

7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place, 8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats; 9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths; 10 The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths. 11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me; 12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

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 to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.
Genesis 29:13
And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.
Genesis 29:15
Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?
Genesis 43:30
Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.
Genesis 45:2
And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.
Exodus 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.
Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.
Romans 16:16
Give one another a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their love to 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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