Job 21:2
“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
3Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
Cross References
Judges 9:7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice, cried out, and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
Job 13:6Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 15:11Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle towards you?
Job 18:2“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
Job 33:31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
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 →