Job 29:11
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
Darby Translation
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 nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
12For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:2When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Luke 4:22And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of 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 →