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Bishop's Bible

Job 29:11

When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse 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:
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;
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:
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 to the gate, euen to the iudgement seate, and when I prepared my seate in the streete: 8 The young men saw me and hid them selues, and the aged arose, and stoode vp. 9 The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth: 10 The mightie kept still their voyce, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth. 11 When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me: 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym. 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne. 15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

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 Isahac said vnto him: Come neare, and kysse me, my sonne.
Genesis 29:13
And when Laban hearde certaynely tell of Iacob his sisters sonne, he ranne to meete hym, and imbraced hym, and kyssed hym, and brought hym to his house: And he tolde Laban all these thynges.
Genesis 29:14
To whom Laban sayde: Well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode with hym the space of a moneth.
Genesis 29:15
And Laban said vnto Iacob: Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for naught? Tell me what shall thy wages be?
Genesis 43:30
And Ioseph made haste (for his heart did melt vpon his brother) and sought [where] to weepe, and entred into his chaumber and wept there.
Genesis 45:2
And he wept aloude, and the Egyptians, and the house of Pharao heard.
Exodus 4:27
Then said the Lorde vnto Aaron: go meete Moyses in the wyldernesse. And he went and met him in the mounte of God, and kissed him.
Exodus 18:7
And Moyses went out to meete his father in lawe, and did obeysaunce, and kyssed hym: and eche asked other of his health, and they came into the tent.
Romans 16:16
Salute one an other with an holy kysse. 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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