Job 21:2
I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
1Then Job responded by saying:
3Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
Cross References
Judges 9:7When this had been reported to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim. And lifting up his voice, he cried out and said: “Listen to me, men of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
Job 13:6Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.
Job 15:11Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this.
Job 18:2How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak.
Job 33:31Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak.
Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and expend your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen very closely to me, and eat what is good, and then your soul will be delighted by a full measure.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →