Job 33:8

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

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WEBBE

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

BSB

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

KJV

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

ASV

Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

BBE

But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

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אַךְ 'akh surely H389 אָמַרְתָּ 'a·mar·ta you have spoken H559 בְאָזְנָי ve·'a·ze·nai in ears my H241 וְקוֹל ve·kol and [the] sound of H6963 מִלִּין mi·lin words H4405 אֶשְׁמָע 'esh·ma' I heard H8085

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–13

Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness. He acts with perfect justice, wisdom, and goodness, where we cannot perceive it.

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Self-Righteousness

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.