Job 13:1

Job 13:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
• New International Version (NIV)“My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.

Context of Job 13:1

[Job continued:] “Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. 2What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3“But I wish to speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.

Job 13:1 word by word

הֶן־כֹּ֭ל רָאֲתָ֣ה עֵינִ֑י שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה אָ֝זְנִ֗י וַתָּ֥בֶן לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lo, mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• hath seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• mine earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• hath heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• and understoodבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995

Cross-references for Job 13:1

• Job 5:9Who does great and unsearchable things, Marvelous things without number.
• Job 12:9Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life] That the hand of the Lord has done this,
• Job 42:3[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’ Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
• Job 4:12“Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.
• Job 5:27Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true. Hear and heed it, and know for yourself [for your own good].”
• Job 8:8“Inquire, please, of past generations, And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers.
• Job 15:17“I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
• Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
• 1 John 1:3what we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, so that you too may have fellowship [as partners] with us. And indeed our fellowship [which is a distinguishing mark of born-again believers] is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on Job 13:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this - Ye have brought nothing new to me; I know those maxims as well as you: nor have you any knowledge of which I am not possessed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this - I have seen illustrations of all that I have said, or that you have said about the methods of divine providence.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job reproves his friends. (1-12) He professes his confidence in God. (13-22) Job entreats to know his sins. (23-28) Verses 1-12 With self-preference, Job declared that he needed not to be taught by them. Those who dispute are tempted to magnify themselves, and lower their brethren, more than is fit. When dismayed or distressed with the fear of wrath, the force of temptation, or the weight of affliction, we should apply to the Physician of our souls, who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Job appealed to experience, just like his comforters had done (3:12–17; 5:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281. all this--as to the dealings of Providence (Job 12:3).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings