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Job’s Former Blessings

Job 29:11

In 11 translations

BSB
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
KJV
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
WEB
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,
ASV
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
LSV
For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, || And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
YLT
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
DBY
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
DRC
The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
GNV
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
JPS
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
LXXE
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσε καὶ ἐμακάρισέ με, ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 4:22All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
  • Job 31:20if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
  • Proverbs 29:2When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
  • Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

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