American Standard Version
Job 21:2
2Hear diligently my speech;And let this be your consolations.
Job 21:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
- New International Version (NIV)“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation.
Context of Job 21:2
1Then Job answered and said, Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. 3Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. 4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Read all of Job 21Job 21:2 word by word
שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 21:2
- Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
- Job 18:2How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
- Job 33:1Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
- Job 34:2Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
- Judges 9:7And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
- Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
- Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
- Job 15:11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
- Job 16:2I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.
Commentaries on Job 21:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Let this be your consolations - תנחומתיכם זאת ותהי uthehi zoth tanchumotheychem may be translated, "And let this be your retractations." Let what I am about to say induce you to retract what you have said, and to recall your false judgments. נחם nacham signifies, not only to comfort, but to change one's mind, to repent; hence the Vulgate translates et agite paenitentiam, "and repent," which Coverdale follows in his version, and amende yourselves. Some…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear diligently - Hebrew “Hearing hear” - that is, hear attentively. What he was about to say was worthy of their solemn consideration. And let this be your consolations - That is, “You came to me for the professed purpose of giving “me” consolation. In that you have wholly failed. You have done nothing to sustain or comfort me; but all that you have said has only tended to exasperate me, and to increase my sorrow. If you will now hear me attentively, I…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Job’s friends claimed they were delivering God’s message of consolation or comfort. But Job found no comfort in their words. He asked them to comfort him by giving him silent attention (15:11; 16:2; 13:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-34SECOND SERIES. 2. consolations--If you will listen calmly to me, this will be regarded as "consolations"; alluding to Eliphaz' boasted "consolations" (Job 15:11), which Job felt more as aggravations ("mockings," Job 21:3) than consolations (Job 16:2).Read the comment
Commentaries on Job 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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