Job 33 · Verse 8

Job 33:8

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

Job 33:8, King James Version

Job 33:8 in other translations

BSB	Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
WEB	“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
ASV	Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
YLT	Surely--thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
DARBY	Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words: —
BBE	But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:
Webster	Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

What does Job 33:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. thy words--(Job 10:7; 16:17; 23:11, 12; 27:5, 6; 29:14). In Job 9:30; 13:23, Job had acknowledged sin; but the general spirit of his words was to maintain himself to be "clean," and to charge God with injustice. He went too far on the opposite side in opposing the friends' false charge of hypocrisy. Even the godly, though willing to confess themselves sinners in general, often dislike sin in particular to be brought as a charge against them. Affliction is therefore needed to bring them to feel that sin in them deserves even worse than they suffer and that God does them no injustice. Then at last humbled under God they find, affliction is for their real good, and so at last it is taken away either here, or at least at death. To teach this is Elihu's mission.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 Surely thou hast spoken - What Elihu speaks here, and in the three following verses, contains, in general, simple quotations from Job's own words, or the obvious sense of them, as the reader may see by referring to Job 13:27 (note); Job 14:16 (note), and Job 31:4 (note), and also to the notes on those passages.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:8-13

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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 33:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַ֭ךְ'akhsurelyH389

אָמַ֣רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou have spokenH559

בְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.Naiin ears myH241

וְק֖וֹלve.Koland [the] sound ofH6963

מִלִּ֣יןmi.LinwordsH4405

אֶשְׁמָֽע\׃'esh.Ma'I heardH8085

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 33:8

Jeremiah 29:23
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.
Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

hearing. Heb. ears.
De 13:14; Jer 29:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Job 33:7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Job 33:8
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job 33:9
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

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Job 33:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	De cierto tú dijiste á oídos míos, y yo oí la voz de tus palabras que decían:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Certainement tu as dit à mes propres oreilles, et j’ai entendu le son de tes discours:
German Elberfelder 1871	Fürwahr, du hast vor meinen Ohren gesprochen, und ich hörte die Stimme der Worte:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dixisti ergo in auribus meis, et vocem verborum tuorum audivi: