Job 33:1
“Now listen to me, Job. Pay attention to everything I have to say.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
In Context
2Look, I'm about to speak; my mouth is ready to talk.
Cross References
Job 13:6Listen to my argument and pay attention to what I have to say.
Job 34:2“Listen to my words, you men who say you are wise; pay attention to what I'm saying you who think you know.
Mark 4:9If you have ears to hear, listen to what I'm saying.”
Matthew Henry on Job 33:1
Pompous prefaces, like the teeming mountain, often introduce poor performances; but Elihu's discourse here does not disappoint the expectations which his preface had raised. It is substantial, and lively, and very much to the purpose. He had, in the foregoing chapter, said what he had to say to Job's three friends; and now he comes up close to Job himself and directs his speech to him. I. He bespeaks Job's favourable acceptance of what he should say, and desires he would take him for that person whom he had so… Read the whole commentary →