Job 33:1
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
In Context
2Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
Cross References
Job 13:6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
Job 34:2“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
Mark 4:9Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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 →