Job 21:2
Hear ye, hear ye my words, 1 That I may not have this consolation from you. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
3Raise me, and I will speak; 1 Then ye shall not laugh me to scorn. 1
Cross References
Judges 9:7And it was reported to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Shechem, and God shall hear you.
Job 13:6But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, 1 And attend to the judgment of my lips. 1
Job 15:11Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: 1 Thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly. 1
Job 18:2How long wilt thou continue? 1 Forbear, that we also may speak. 1
Job 33:31Hearken, Job, and hear me: 1 Be silent, and I will speak. 1
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labor for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
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 →