Job 33:31
Hearken, Job, and hear me: 1 Be silent, and I will speak. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
In Context
30And he has delivered my soul from death, 1 That my life may praise him in the light. 1
32If thou hast words, answer me: 1 Speak, for I desire thee to be justified. 1
Cross References
Job 18:2How long wilt thou continue? 1 Forbear, that we also may speak. 1
Job 32:11Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, 1 Until ye shall have tried the matter with words: 1
Matthew Henry on Job 33:30-33
29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. We have here the conclusion of this first part of Elihu's discourse, in which, 1. He briefly sums up what he had said, showing that God's great… Read the whole commentary →