Job 21:2
Hear, O hear my speech, and let this be wherewith you give consolations.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
3Bear with me that I may indeed speak: and after my speaking, then canst thou mock.
Cross References
Judges 9:7And they told it to Yotham; and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizzim, and he lifted up his voice, and cried; and he said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, so that God may hearken unto you.
Job 13:6Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 15:11Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
Job 18:2When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
Job 33:31Listen well, O Job, hearken unto me: keep silence, and I will truly speak.
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore will ye spend money for what is not bread? and your labor for what satisfieth not? hearken then unto me, and eat what 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 →