Job 13:17
Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
In Context
16And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,
18See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.
Cross References
Job 13:6Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.
Job 31:35If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
Matthew Henry on Job 13:14-23
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I… Read the whole commentary →