The Meaning of Job 33:8 Explained

Job 33:8

KJV: Surely thou hast spoken in mine 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: --

ASV: Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of thy words,'saying ,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 33:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 33:1-33 - The Interpreter
It is not wonderful that Elihu has been mistaken for the Mediator Himself, so helpfully does he interpose between Job and his Maker. He dwells especially on his own likeness to Job in his manhood, and quotes this as the reason why he could specially help him: I also am formed out of the clay. So also our High Priest is man. Elihu takes up Job's words protesting his innocence, and he insists that Job was not right in those protestations, or in the conclusions that he drew from them.
Then follows one of the grandest passages in the book. Elihu tells how God speaks in nature and through conscience, and is often disregarded; and how then he speaks by revelation, opening the ears of men to withdraw them from their purpose. He shows that God often lays a man upon a bed of pain, that He may speak to his heart. Happy is the afflicted if an interpreter stands beside him to point the path to repentance. Finally, broken and penitent, he turns back to God, and sees His face with joy, and sings before men the story of his restoration. Thus Elihu argues that affliction is often sent as discipline to read to man God's deepest truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 33

1  Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job
8  He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness
14  God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry
31  He incites Job to attention

What do the individual words in Job 33:8 mean?

Surely you have spoken in my hearing and the sound of [your] words [saying] I have heard
אַ֭ךְ אָמַ֣רְתָּ בְאָזְנָ֑י וְק֖וֹל מִלִּ֣ין אֶשְׁמָֽע

אַ֭ךְ  Surely 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַךְ  
Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic).
אָמַ֣רְתָּ  you  have  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
בְאָזְנָ֑י  in  my  hearing 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.
וְק֖וֹל  and  the  sound 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
מִלִּ֣ין  of  [your]  words  [saying] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מִלָּה  
Sense: word, speech, utterance.
אֶשְׁמָֽע  I  have  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.

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