Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this belongs to Job's reply to his friends, in which he answers their argument and appeals to God. It stands within Job 11-14, part of the opening nineteen chapters of the book. It is part of the poetic exchanges in Job 3-31 in which Job and his friends debate the cause and purpose of human suffering, which must be read as part of the book as a whole.
The book addresses the great problems of an overruling providence, and of sin and suffering. In this setting God is disciplining Job, bringing him through the fire of affliction. The three friends charge Job with sin, declaring his sufferings are because of sin, misjudging him in the way people still misjudge one another. Their claims were often generally true but misapplied to Job, since affliction does not prove that God is displeased with the sufferer.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this belongs to Job's reply to his friends, in which he answers their argument and appeals to God. It stands within Job 11-14, part of the opening nineteen chapters of the book. It is part of the poetic exchanges in Job 3-31 in which Job and his friends debate the cause and purpose of human suffering, which must be read as part of the book as a whole.
The book addresses the great problems of an overruling providence, and of sin and suffering. In this setting God is disciplining Job, bringing him through the fire of affliction. The three friends charge Job with sin, declaring his sufferings are because of sin, misjudging him in the way people still misjudge one another. Their claims were often generally true but misapplied to Job, since affliction does not prove that God is displeased with the sufferer.