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JPS Old Testament

Job 33:8

Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Self-Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Pit;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Surely you have spoken in my hearing,and I have heard these very words:
Hebrew Names Version
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
King James Version
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
English Standard Version
"Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words.
New Century Version
"But I heard what you have said; I heard every word.
New English Translation
"Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!):
Amplified Bible
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying:
New American Standard Bible
"You have in fact spoken while I listened, And I heard the sound of your words:
World English Bible
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Doubtles thou hast spoken in mine eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing,And I have heard the sound of your speech:
Berean Standard Bible
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
Contemporary English Version
I have heard you argue
Complete Jewish Bible
"You spoke within my hearing, and I heard what you said —
Darby Translation
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words:—
Easy-to-Read Version
"But, Job, I heard what you said. These were your very words:
George Lamsa Translation
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Good News Translation
Now this is what I heard you say:
Lexham English Bible
"Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words:
Literal Translation
Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue herde ye voyce of thy wordes:
American Standard Version
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Bible in Basic English
But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:
King James Version (1611)
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I haue heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But thou hast said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of thy words;)because thou sayest, I am pure, not having sinned;
English Revised Version
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thou seidist in myn eeris, and Y herde the vois of thi wordis;
Update Bible Version
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [your] words, [saying],
Webster's Bible Translation
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],
New King James Version
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
New Living Translation
"You have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your very words.
New Life Bible
"For sure you have spoken in my hearing. I have heard all you have said.
New Revised Standard
"Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But thou hast spoken in mine ears, and, the sound of words, I heard: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:
Revised Standard Version
"Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
Young's Literal Translation
Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
THE MESSAGE
"Here's what you said. I heard you say it with my own ears. You said, ‘I'm pure—I've done nothing wrong. Believe me, I'm clean—my conscience is clear. But God keeps picking on me; he treats me like I'm his enemy. He's thrown me in jail; he keeps me under constant surveillance.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words:

Contextual Overview

8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words; 9 'I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me; 10 Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy; 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.' 12 Behold, I answer thee: In this thou art not right, that God is too great for man; 13 Why hast thou striven against Him? seeing that He will not answer any of his words.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hearing: Heb. ears, Deuteronomy 13:14, Jeremiah 29:23

Reciprocal: Job 6:30 - iniquity Job 9:20 - it shall Job 15:6 - thine own Job 35:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 32:5
And he commanded them, saying: 'Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
Genesis 33:13
And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
Genesis 33:20
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.
Esther 2:17
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing,.... After the above preface, Elihu proceeds to the point in hand, and enters a charge against Job; which he took up, not upon suspicion and surmisings, nor upon report, nor upon accusations received from others, but what he had heard with his own ears, unless he was greatly mistaken indeed, which he thought he was not:

and I have heard the voice of [thy] words; the sound of them, clearly and distinctly, and took in the sense of them, as he really believed:

[saying]; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing - Margin, as in Hebrew “ears.” This shows that Elihu had been present during the debate, and had attentively listened to what had been said. He now takes up the main point on which he supposed that Job had erred - the attempt to justify himself. He professes to adduce the very words which he had used, and disclaims all design of judging from mere hearsay.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 33:8. Surely thou hast spoken — What Elihu speaks here, and in the three following verses, contains, in general, simple quotations from Job's own words, or the obvious sense of them, as the reader may see by referring to the margin, and also to the notes on those passages.


 
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