New English Translation
Job 13:1
1“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have 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
“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. 2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you! 3But I wish to 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 5:9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
- Job 12:9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this,
- Job 42:3you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.
- Job 4:12“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
- Job 5:27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”
- Job 8:8“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
- Job 15:17“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,
- Psalms 78:3What we have heard and learned – that which our ancestors have told us –
- 1 John 1:3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you 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
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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