Job 29:11
For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, || And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
Literal Standard 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 leaders has been hidden, || And their tongue has cleaved to the palate.
12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, || And the fatherless who has no helper.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:2In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, || And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.
Luke 4:22and all were bearing testimony to Him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth 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 →