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 responded, “Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation. 3Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock me. 4As for me, is my complaint to a mortal? Or why should I not be impatient?

Job 21:2 word by word

שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to my speechמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• And let thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• consolationתַּנְחוּםtanchûm tanchûm tanchûmâh · consolationH8575

Cross-references for Job 21:2

• Job 13:3“But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.
• Job 18:2“How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding, and then we can talk.
• Job 33:1“However, please hear my speech, Job, And listen to all my words.
• Job 34:2“Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.
• Judges 9:7Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and raised his voice and called out. And he said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
• Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
• Job 15:11Are the consolations of God too little for you, Or the word 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