Job 33:1
Howbeit hear, Job, my words, 1 And hearken to my speech. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
In Context
2For behold, I have opened my mouth, 1 And my tongue has spoken. 1
Cross References
Job 13:6But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, 1 And attend to the judgment of my lips. 1
Job 34:2Hear me, ye wise men; 1 Hearken, ye that have knowledge. 1
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 →