English Standard Version
Job 13:1
1"Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Look, I have seen all this with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, and now I understand.
Context of Job 13:1
"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. 3But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:1 word by word
הֶן־כֹּ֭ל רָאֲתָ֣ה עֵינִ֑י שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה אָ֝זְנִ֗י וַתָּ֥בֶן לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:1
- Job 5:9who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
- Job 12:9Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
- Job 42:3'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
- Job 4:12"Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it.
- Job 5:27Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
- Job 8:8"For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.
- Job 15:17"I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare
- Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
- 1 John 1:3that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship 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
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