Job 34:2

Job 34:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
• New International Version (NIV)“Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you men of learning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.

Context of Job 34:2

1Then Elihu answered and said: "Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know; 3for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food. 4Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:2 word by word

שִׁמְע֣וּ חֲכָמִ֣ים מִלָּ֑י וְ֝יֹדְעִ֗ים הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• my wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• O ye wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• and give earאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• unto me, ye that have knowledgeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 34:2

• Proverbs 1:5Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
• 1 Corinthians 10:15I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

Commentaries on Job 34:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear my words, O ye wise men - Addressing particularly the three friends of Job. The previous chapter had been addressed to Job himself. He had stated to him his views of the design of affliction, and he had nothing to reply. He now addresses himself to his friends, with a particular view of examining some of the sentiments which Job had advanced, and of showing where he was in error. He addresses them as “wise men,” or sages, and as endowed with…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. This chapter is addressed also to the "friends" as the thirty-third chapter to Job alone.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Wise men
• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit

Commentaries on Job 34

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings