Job 21:2

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: Pay close attention to my words; let this be the consolation you offer. 3Bear with me while I speak; then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking. 4As for me, is my complaint against a human being? Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?

Job 21:2 word by word

שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• my speechמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• and let this be your consolationsתַּנְחוּםtanchûm tanchûm tanchûmâh · consolationH8575

Cross-references for Job 21:2

• Job 13:3Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Job 18:2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
• Job 33:1But now, Job, pay attention to my speech, and listen to all my words.
• Job 34:2Hear my words, you wise ones, and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
• Judges 9:7When they told Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and called to them: Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, and may God listen to you:
• Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend silver on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
• Job 15:11Are God’s consolations not enough for you, even the words that deal gently with you?
• Job 16:2I have heard many things like these. You are all miserable comforters.

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