Job 29:11
For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
In Context
10The voice of the ranking men was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
12Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.
Luke 4:22And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph?
Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →