Job 13:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Job Pleads His Cause to God“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:12 : 12 Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.
  • Job 5:9-9 : 9 He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; 10 he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; 11 he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night. 15 So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. 16 Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 “For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; 9 For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this, 10 in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race. 11 Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food? 12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? 13 “With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. 14 If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. 15 If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land. 16 With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his. 17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools. 18 He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist. 19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates. 20 He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. 21 He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful. 22 He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light. 23 He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them. 24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste. 25 They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
  • Job 15:17-18 : 17 “I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare, 18 what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know. 4 You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’ 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 42:3-5
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    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

    4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

    5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Job 13:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

  • Job 29:11
    78%

    11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

  • Job 15:17
    77%

    17“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

  • Job 33:8
    77%

    8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):

  • Job 12:3
    75%

    3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

  • Job 13:17-18
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    74%

    17Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

    18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

  • Eccl 9:13
    74%

    13Most People Are Not Receptive to Wise Counsel This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

  • Prov 20:12
    73%

    12The ear that hears and the eye that sees– the LORD has made them both.

  • Job 5:27
    72%

    27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

  • Job 34:2-3
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    72%

    2“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

    3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Eccl 1:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Futility of Secular Wisdom I thought to myself,“I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”

    17So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!

  • Job 4:12
    72%

    12Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath“Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

  • Isa 32:3
    72%

    3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

  • Job 27:12
    72%

    12If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

    14I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile– like chasing the wind!

  • Job 34:16
    72%

    16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

  • Job 33:1
    72%

    1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

  • Job 36:25
    72%

    25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

  • Eccl 3:10
    71%

    10I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

  • Prov 24:32
    71%

    32Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
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    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • Prov 8:14
    71%

    14Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

  • Jer 11:18
    71%

    18A Plot Against Jeremiah is Revealed and He Complains of Injustice The LORD gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

  • Eccl 1:8
    71%

    8All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

  • Job 19:27
    71%

    27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

  • Job 20:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Ps 92:11
    71%

    11I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.

  • Eccl 9:1
    71%

    1Everyone Will Die So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated– no one knows what lies ahead.

  • Job 34:34
    70%

    34Men of understanding say to me– any wise man listening to me says–

  • Eccl 2:14
    70%

    14The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

  • Job 32:10
    70%

    10Therefore I say,‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

  • Job 28:27
    70%

    27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

  • Eccl 7:25
    70%

    25True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

  • Lam 3:60
    70%

    60You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

  • Isa 42:20
    70%

    20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

  • Job 13:6
    70%

    6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.

  • Eccl 8:16
    70%

    16Limitations of Human Wisdom When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth– even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night–

  • Ps 94:9
    70%

    9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

  • Ps 35:21
    70%

    21They are ready to devour me; they say,“Aha! Aha! We’ve got you!”

  • Job 10:13
    70%

    13“But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you: