This verse may read,
For the ear that heard of me blessed me,
And the eye that saw me gave witness to me.
Those who had only heard of him by report "blessed" him, that is, "called him happy," as one whom blessing and prosperity must follow because of his benevolence and mercy to the needy; and they who saw him as he lived among men bore testimony to his goodness as Job 29:12 indicates.
Verse Job 29:11. _WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME_] This and the six following verses present us with a fine exhibition of a man full of benevolence and charity, acting up to the highest dictates of those princ...
WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME. - A personification for “they who heard me speak, blessed me.” That is, they commended or praised me. AND WHEN THE EYE SAW ME - All who saw me. IT GAVE WITNESS TO ME - That is,...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
DISCOURSE: 479 JOB’S CHARACTER Job 29:11. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me: and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and hi...
b. The cause of his honored position was benevolence and righteousness (Job 29:11-17) TEXT 29:11-17 11 FOR WHEN THE EAR HEARD _ME,_ THEN IT BLESSED ME; And when the eye saw _me,_ it gave witness un...
_WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME, THEN IT BLESSED ME; AND WHEN THE EYE SAW ME, IT GAVE WITNESS TO ME:_ Blessed - extrolled my virtues (Proverbs 31:28). Omit me after heard; whoever heard of me in general, not...
GAVE WITNESS TO ME] i.e. to my goodness, which it saw....
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
Before Job’s troubles began, everybody used to respect Job. In ancient times, walls would surround a city. There would be a square by the city’s main gate. People would gather there for meetings. The...
WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME, THEN IT BLESSED ME. — This is a direct negative to the charges of Eliphaz in Job 22:6, &c. He has felt them too deeply to pass them by in total silence....
כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽ תְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְ...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! T...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
When the (g) ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me: (g) All that heard me, praised me....
_Gave. Septuagint, "winked," through approbation. (Calmet)_...
(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
WHEN THE EAR HEARD [ME], THEN IT BLESSED ME,.... The ear of the common people assembled together to hear causes tried, and how they would go; when they heard Job give his opinion in court, or the defi...
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me: Ver. 11. _When the ear heard me, then it blessed me_] That is, it praised me, and praised God for me, as...
_When the ear heard me, then it blessed me_ Prayed to God to bless me, and pronounced a blessing upon me, because of the integrity, justice, and wisdom which were observed in all my discourses and act...
JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
When the ear heard me, as he gave his counsel in the assembly of the people, THEN IT BLESSED ME, calling him happy in the possession of so much wisdom; AND WHEN THE EYE SAW ME, IT GAVE WITNESS TO ME,...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
People respected Job's wisdom and really listened to what he had to say. "Those who heard of him, or witnessed his activities, could testify to the fact that: he helped the poor, the desperate, the fa...
7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such g...
IT BLESSED ME, i.e. pronounced me to be a man blessed of God with eminent gifts and graces; or heartily prayed for God's blessing upon me, because of that wisdom and integrity which they saw in all my...
Job 29:11 ear H241 heard H8085 (H8804) blessed H833 (H8762) eye H5869 saw H7200 (H8804) approved...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:11 The BLESSING that Job received from others reflected the blessing he had been to those who had no one to HELP them and who needed to be DELIVERED....
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Job 31:20; Luke 11:27; Luke 4:22; Proverbs 29:2...
Witness — Gave testimony to my pious, and just, and blameless conversation....