Job 33:1

And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

In Context

2Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

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Cross References

Job 13:6Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

Job 34:2Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

Mark 4:9And he said to them, 'He who is having 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 →

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