Job 29:11

When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;

12Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;

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Cross References

Proverbs 29:2When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.

Luke 4:22And, all, were bearing witness to him, and marvelling at the words of favour which were proceeding out of his mouth; and they were saying—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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