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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

Context of Job 34:2

1Then Elihu continued and said, “Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know. 3For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food. 4Let us choose for ourselves 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

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• my wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• you wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• And listenאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• to me, you who knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 34:2

• Proverbs 1:5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
• 1 Corinthians 10:15I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, 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