Job 29:11

For the ear heard, and blessed me; 1 And the eye saw me, and turned aside. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

10And they that heard me blessed me, 1 And their tongue clove to their throat. 1

12For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, 1 And helped the fatherless who had no helper. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: 1 But when the ungodly rule, men mourn. 1

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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