Job 21:2
Hear ye patiently my words, and let this be your consolation:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
In Context
1Then responded Job, and said:—
3Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!
Cross References
Judges 9:7And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud,—and said unto them—Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.
Job 13:6Hear, I pray you, the argument of my mouth, and, to the pleadings of my lips, give heed:—
Job 15:11Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?
Job 18:2How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.
Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, and hearken to me, Be silent, and, I, will speak:
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore should ye spend, Money, for that which is not bread? Or your labour, for that which, satisfieth not? Keep on hearkening unto me, And, so eat that which is good, And let your soul take exquisite delight in fatness:
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 →