God’s Word Translation
Job 13:1
1“My eye has certainly seen all of 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.
- 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
“My eye has certainly seen all of this! My ear has heard and understood it. 2After all, I know it as well as you do. I am not inferior to you. 3However, I want to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to argue my case in front of 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 5:9He does great things that ⌞we⌟ cannot understand and miracles that ⌞we⌟ cannot count.
- Job 12:9What creature doesn’t know that the Lord’s hands made it?
- Job 42:3“⌞You said,⌟ ‘Who is this that belittles my advice without having any knowledge ⌞about it⌟?’ Yes, I have stated things I didn’t understand, things too mysterious for me to know.
- Job 4:12“I was told something secretly and heard something whispered in my ear.
- Job 5:27“We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself.”
- Job 8:8“Ask the people of past generations. Find out what their ancestors had learned.
- Job 15:17“I’ll tell you; listen to me! I’ll relate what I have seen.
- Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known about, things that our parents have told us.
- 1 John 1:3This is the life we have seen and heard. We are reporting about it to you also so that you, too, can have a relationship with us. Our relationship 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
In the dictionaries
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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