Verse 1

Lo, all this haue I seene with mine eye, heard with mine eare, and vnderstande it.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:12 : 12 But wheras a thing was hyd from me, yet myne care hath receaued a litle therof.
  • Job 5:9-9 : 9 Whiche doth great thinges and vnsearcheable, and maruels without number. 10 He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes, 11 To set vp them that be of lowe degree, and that those which are in heauinesse may be exalted to saluation. 12 He destroyeth the deuices of the subtyll, so that their handes are not able to perfourme that which they do enterprise. 13 He compasseth the wise in their owne craftinesse, & maketh foolishe the counsell of the wicked. 14 They runne into darknesse by fayre day, and grope at the noone day as in the night. 15 But he deliuereth the poore from the sworde, from their threatninges, and from the violence of the mightie. 16 He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.) 10 Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these? 10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde. 11 Haue not the eares pleasure in hearing? and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth? 12 Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding. 13 Yea, with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge. 14 Beholde if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it? 15 Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth. 16 With him is strength and wysdome: both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his. 17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes. 18 He taketh away the subiection of the people from their kinges, and girdeth their loynes with a bonde. 19 He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie, and turneth the mightie vpside downe. 20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason. 21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake. 22 Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly, and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light. 23 He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them, he maketh them to multiplie, and diminisheth them. 24 He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way. 25 They grope in the darke without light, and he maketh them to stacker like a drunken man.
  • Job 15:17-18 : 17 I will tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene: 18 Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers:
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding. 4 O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee. 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which we haue hearde and knowen: and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children: nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come, the prayses of God, and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue felowship with vs, and that our felowship may be with the father, and his sonne Iesus Christe.