Job 21:2
“Listen carefully to my words, 1 and let this be the comfort you offer to me. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
1Then Job answered and said, 1
3Put up with me, and I also will speak; 1 after I have spoken, mock on. 1
Cross References
Judges 9:7When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
Job 13:6Hear now my own reasoning; 1 listen to the pleading of my own lips. 1
Job 15:11Are the consolations of God too small for you, 1 the words that are gentle toward you? 1
Job 18:2“When will you stop your talk? 1 Consider, and afterwards we will speak. 1
Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; 1 be silent and I will speak. 1
Isaiah 55:2Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and why do you labor for what does not satisfy? 1 Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness. 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 →