Job 13:1
in Job 13“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
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ASV
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
KJV
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
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This verse in Job 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
my eyes have seen all this
on Job 13:1-3
Job answers the friends' claim to superior wisdom by matching point for point: "What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you". His desire turns toward God, "I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God", the wish the whirlwind speeches answer.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
After Job had shown that the excellence of divine power could be known by experience, he concludes, "Behold, my eye has seen all these things and my ear has heard them," as if to say: I know the effects described before which show divine strength …
Lo, all this mine eye hath seen, mine ear hath heard, and I have understood every whit. For what was to follow he saw as present in Him, Whom neither things future come to, nor things past go from; but all things are present at once and together before His eyes. And because the very things that were to come he saw were part in works and part in words, it is rightly said, All this mine eye hath seen, mine ear hath heard. But words are without use, if they lack the understanding of them.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
All he had before said his eye had seen confirmed by many instances, and his ear had heard seconded by many authorities, and he well understood it and what use to make of it. Happy are those who not only see and hear, but understand, the greatness, glory, and sovereignty of God. This, he thought, would justify what he had said before ( ch. xii.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,.... Or "all those things" (h) he had been discoursing of, concerning the wisdom and power of God, and his friends also; some of these he had seen instances of, he had been an eyewitness of them, and could give an ocular testimony to them; and others he had discerned with the eyes of his understanding, being opened and enlightened, and had a clear and distinct view of them, so that he had seen and knew as much of these things as any of them had.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this - Ye have brought nothing new to me; I know those maxims as well as you: nor have you any knowledge of which I am not possessed.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this - I have seen illustrations of all that I have said, or that you have said about the methods of divine providence.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֶן־ | hen- | there! | H2005 → | 316 times |
| כֹּ֭ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| רָאֲתָ֣ה | raatah | it has seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עֵינִ֑י | ʾeini | eye my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה | shameah | it has heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אָ֝זְנִ֗י | ʾazeni | ear my | H241 → | 187 times |
| וַתָּ֥בֶן | vataven | and it has understood | H995 → | 170 times |
| לָֽהּ׃ | lah | <to> it |
הֶן־there!
hen-H2005 →316 times
כֹּ֭לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
רָאֲתָ֣הit has seen
raatahH7200 →1300 times
עֵינִ֑יeye my
ʾeiniH5869 →887 times
שָֽׁמְעָ֥הit has heard
shameahH8085 →1159 times
אָ֝זְנִ֗יear my
ʾazeniH241 →187 times
וַתָּ֥בֶןand it has understood
vatavenH995 →170 times
לָֽהּ׃<to> it
lah
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 5:27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
it leads to
- Psalms 111:2
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- Job 32:11–12
Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
- Proverbs 2:3–5
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
- Deuteronomy 10:13
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
- Psalms 111:2
Through
Job 4:12Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
it leads to
- Job 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
- 1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- Psalms 62:11
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
- Job 26:14
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.