Job 21:2
Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
3Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!
Cross References
Job 13:6Hear, I pray you, my arguments; Attend to the pleadings of my lips!
Job 15:11Dost thou despise the consolations of God, And words so full of kindness to thee?
Job 18:2How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
Job 33:31Mark well, O Job! hearken to me! Keep silence, and I will speak.
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, And your substance for that which doth not satisfy? Listen attentively to me; so shall ye eat that which is good, And your soul shall delight itself with delicacies.
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 →