Job 33:1
So now, Job, I beg you, hear my speech; 1 listen to all my words. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
In Context
2See now, I have opened my mouth; 1 my tongue has spoken in my mouth. 1
Cross References
Job 13:6Hear now my own reasoning; 1 listen to the pleading of my own lips. 1
Job 34:2“Listen to my words, you wise men; 1 hear me, you who have knowledge. 1
Mark 4:9Then he said, “Whoever 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 →