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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Job 29:11
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When they heard me, they blessed me,and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,
Anyone who heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me praised me,
"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
"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],
"For when an ear heard, it called me blessed, And when an eye saw, it testified in support of me,
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
For the ear heard, and it called me blessed,And the eye saw, and it gave witness of me,
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
Everyone was pleased with what I said and did.
Any ear that heard me blessed me, any eye that saw me gave witness to me,
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
All who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw what I did praised me,
For when the ear heard me, then it praised me; and when the eye saw me, it gave testimony about me;
Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done.
"When the ear heard and commended me, and the eye saw and testified in support of me
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw, and witnessed for me.
When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good.
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
When the eare heard mee, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gaue witnesse to me:
When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me:
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
An eere herynge blesside me, and an iye seynge yeldide witnessyng to me;
For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
"All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.
Those who heard me, honored me. Those who saw me, respected me,
When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved;
When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved;
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
Contextual Overview
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
Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come close and kiss me, my son."
So when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then he related to Laban all these things.
Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month.
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?"
Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there.
He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it.
Now the LORD said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness." So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet 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.
