When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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Gill's Exposition
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me,.... The ear of the common people assembled together to hear causes tried, and how they would go; when they heard Job give his opinion in court, or the…
Barnes' Notes
When the ear heard me. - A personification for “they who heard me speak, blessed me.” That is, they commended or praised me. And when the eye saw me - All who saw me. It gave witness to me - That is,…
We have here Job in a post of honour and power. Though he had comfort enough in his own house, yet he did not confine himself to that. We are not born for ourselves, but for the public. When any…
The ground of this universal reverence Job's benevolent care of the poor and his strict justice to their cause.