New English Translation
Job 33:8
8“Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!):
Job 33:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)“But you have said in my hearing— I heard the very words—
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
Context of Job 33:8
6Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay. 7Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you. “Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!): 9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity. 10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!
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אַ֭ךְ אָמַ֣רְתָּ בְאָזְנָ֑י וְק֖וֹל מִלִּ֣ין אֶשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:8
- Deuteronomy 13:14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
- Jeremiah 29:23This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the Lord.”
Commentaries on Job 33:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Surely thou hast spoken - What Elihu speaks here, and in the three following verses, contains, in general, simple quotations from Job's own words, or the obvious sense of them, as the reader may see by referring to Job 13:27; (note); Job 14:16; (note), and Job 31:4; (note), and also to the notes on those passages.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing - Margin, as in Hebrew “ears.” This shows that Elihu had been present during the debate, and had attentively listened to what had been said. He now takes up the main point on which he supposed that Job had erred - the attempt to justify himself. He professes to adduce the very words which he had used, and disclaims all design of judging from mere hearsay.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. thy words--(Job 10:7; 16:17; 23:11, 12; 27:5, 6; 29:14). In Job 9:30; 13:23, Job had acknowledged sin; but the general spirit of his words was to maintain himself to be "clean," and to charge God with injustice. He went too far on the opposite side in opposing the friends' false charge of hypocrisy. Even the godly, though willing to confess themselves sinners in general, often dislike sin in particular to be brought as a charge against them. Affliction…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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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