Job 13:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:12 : 12 A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.
  • Job 5:9-9 : 9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number: 10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields: 11 Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place; 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. 14 In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night. 15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong. 16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:) 10 Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man. 11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth? 12 Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge. 13 With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his. 14 Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose. 15 Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned. 16 With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands; 17 He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish; 18 He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them; 19 He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions; 20 He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old; 21 He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong; 22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright; 23 Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up. 24 He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way. 25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.
  • Job 15:17-18 : 17 Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen: 18 (The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out. 4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 5 Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you. 6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. 4 We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    79%

    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

    4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    5 Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Job 13:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

    3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • Job 29:11
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    11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

  • Job 15:17
    77%

    17 Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

  • Job 33:8
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    8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

  • Job 12:3
    75%

    3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

  • Job 13:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

    18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

  • Eccl 9:13
    74%

    13 This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Prov 20:12
    73%

    12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

  • Job 5:27
    72%

    27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

  • Job 34:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

    3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

  • Eccl 1:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

    17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

  • Job 4:12
    72%

    12 A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

  • Isa 32:3
    72%

    3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • Job 27:12
    72%

    12 Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

  • Job 34:16
    72%

    16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Job 33:1
    72%

    1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

  • Job 36:25
    72%

    25 All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

  • Eccl 3:10
    71%

    10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

  • Prov 24:32
    71%

    32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

    9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Prov 8:14
    71%

    14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • Jer 11:18
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    18 And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

  • Eccl 1:8
    71%

    8 All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

  • Job 19:27
    71%

    27 Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.

  • Job 20:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

    4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • Ps 92:11
    71%

    11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.

  • Eccl 9:1
    71%

    1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Job 34:34
    70%

    34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • Eccl 2:14
    70%

    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

  • Job 32:10
    70%

    10 So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.

  • Job 28:27
    70%

    27 Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

  • Eccl 7:25
    70%

    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Lam 3:60
    70%

    60 You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.

  • Isa 42:20
    70%

    20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

  • Job 13:6
    70%

    6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • Eccl 8:16
    70%

    16 When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

  • Ps 94:9
    70%

    9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

  • Ps 35:21
    70%

    21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

  • Job 10:13
    70%

    13 But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts: