Berean Standard Bible
Job 21:2
2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
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: “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me. 3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking. 4Is my complaint against a man? Then 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 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Job 18:2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
- Job 33:1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Job 34:2“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
- Judges 9:7When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
- Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Job 15:11Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you 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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