Job 21:2
Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
3Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
Cross References
Judges 9:7And they told it to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.
Job 13:6Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 15:11Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
Job 18:2How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
Job 33:31Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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 →