Tree of Life Version
Job 13:1
1“Indeed, my eye has seen it all, 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 eye has seen it all, my ears have heard and understood it. 2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3Still, I desire to speak to Shaddai and 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 beyond comprehension, wonders without number.
- Job 12:9Which of these does not know that the hand of Adonai has done this?
- Job 42:3You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
- Job 4:12Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
- Job 5:27Behold, we have investigated this— it is true. Hear it, and apply it to yourself!”
- Job 8:8Now ask the previous generation; consider the findings of their fathers;
- Job 15:17I will tell you; listen to me, and what I have seen I will 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 proclaim also to you, so you may have fellowship with us. Indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and His Son, Yeshua the Messiah.
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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