Job 13:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֶן־כֹּ֭ל רָאֲתָ֣ה עֵינִ֑י שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה אָ֝זְנִ֗י וַתָּ֥בֶן לָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Hēn-kōl rāʾăt̄â ʿênî šāmeʿâ ʾoznî wattāben lāh

Grammar Details

• *Hēn*: interjection - behold/indeed
• *kōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all/everything
• *rāʾăt̄â*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - saw/has seen
• *ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye
• *šāmeʿâ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - heard/has heard
• *ʾoznî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my ear
• *wattāben*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with waw consecutive - and understood/comprehended
• *lāh*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to/for it

Word Meanings

• *Hēn*: behold/indeed/lo
• *rāʾăt̄â*: saw/perceived/witnessed
• *wattāben*: understood/comprehended/perceived
• *lāh*: for itself/to itself

Referenced Verses

• Job 4:12 : 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
• Job 5:9-9 : 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
• Job 5:27 : 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
• Job 8:8-9 : 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
• Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
• Job 15:17-18 : 17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
• Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which we have heard{H8804)} and known{H8799)}, and our fathers have told{H8765)} us. 4 We will not hide{H8762)} them from their children, shewing{H8764)} to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works{H8737)} that he hath done{H8804)}.
• 1 John 1:3 : 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.