Job 21:2
Hear diligently my speech, 1 and let this be your tanechumot (consolations). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
1But Iyov answered and said, 1
3Bear with me that I may speak; 1 and achar (after) that I have spoken, mock on. 1
Cross References
Judges 9:7And when they told it to Yotam, he went and stood on top of Mt Gerizim, lifted up his voice, cried out, and said unto them, Pay heed unto me, ye ba'alei Shechem, that Elohim may pay heed unto you.
Job 13:6Hear now my tokhachat (protest, public argumentation), 1 and pay heed to the pleadings of my lips. 1
Job 15:11Are the tanechumot El (consolations of G-d) not enough for thee? 1 Or the davar that deals gently with thee? 1
Job 18:2Ad anah (Until when, how long) will it be ere ye make an end of words? 1 Gain binah, and afterwards we will speak. 1
Job 33:31Mark well, O Iyov, pay heed unto me; 1 hold thy peace, and I will speak. 1
Isaiah 55:2Why do ye spend kesef for that which is not lechem? 1 And your labor for that which satisfieth not? 1 Pay heed diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is tov, 1 and let your nefesh delight itself in deshen (the best food, the fat of the land). 1
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 →