Job 29:11
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
12For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are in authoritie, the people reioyce: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people sigh.
Luke 4:22And all bare him witnes, and wondered at the gracious wordes, which proceeded out of his mouth, and said, Is not this Iosephs sonne?
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 →