Verse 1

Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:12 : 12 Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
  • Job 5:9-9 : 9 He performs great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. 11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled. 14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night. 15 He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 Behold, we have examined this, and it is true. Listen to it and apply it to yourself.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors; 9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 "Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?" 10 "In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind." 11 "Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes its food?" 12 "Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days." 13 "With Him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His." 14 "What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free." 15 "If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth." 16 "With Him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His." 17 "He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges." 18 "He loosens the bonds of kings and binds their waists with a belt." 19 "He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty." 20 He silences the speech of the trustworthy and takes away the discernment of the elders. 21 He pours out contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the strong. 22 He reveals the deep things from darkness and brings deep shadows into the light. 23 He makes nations great and then destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them away. 24 He removes the understanding of the leaders of the earth's people and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland. 25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.
  • Job 15:17-18 : 17 I will show you; listen to me, and let me declare what I have seen: 18 What wise men have declared, and have not hidden from their ancestors,
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. 4 You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.' 5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.