Job 33:1
Wherefore, Iyov, now, hear my speeches, 1 and pay heed to all my words. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
In Context
2Hinei, now I have opened my mouth, 1 my leshon hath spoken in my mouth. 1
Cross References
Job 13:6Hear now my tokhachat (protest, public argumentation), 1 and pay heed to the pleadings of my lips. 1
Job 34:2Hear my words, O ye chachamim; 1 and give ear unto me, ye that have da'as. 1
Mark 4:9And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, 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 →