Job 29:11

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

Bible in Basic English

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 chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

12For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

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Cross References

Proverbs 29:2When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

Luke 4:22And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this 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 →

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