New English Translation
Job 33:1
1“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
Job 33:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
- New International Version (NIV)“But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
Context of Job 33:1
“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say! 2See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken. 3My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:1 word by word
וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁמַֽע־נָ֣א אִיּ֣וֹב מִלָּ֑י וְֽכָל־דְּבָרַ֥י הַאֲזִֽינָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:1
- Job 13:6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.
- Job 34:2“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
- Psalms 49:1Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!
- Mark 4:9And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”
Commentaries on Job 33:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Wherefore, Job, I pray thee - In the next chapter he addresses the three friends of Job. This is addressed particularly to him. My speeches - Hebrew, “my words” - מלה millâh This is the usual word in the Aramaen languages to express a saying or discourse, though in Hebrew it is only a poetic form. The meaning is, not that he would address separate speeches, or distinct discourses, to Job, but that he called on him to attend to what he had to say.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Elihu offers to reason with Job. (1-7) Elihu blames Job for reflecting upon God. (8-13) God calls men to repentance. (14-18) God sends afflictions for good. (19-28) Elihu entreats Job's attention. (29-33) Verses 1-7 Job had desired a judge to decide his appeal. Elihu was one according to his wish, a man like himself. If we would rightly convince men, it must be by reason, not by terror; by fair argument, not by a heavy hand.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1hear: Elihu asked the others to hear him, just as Job had also requested (33:1; 34:2, 16; 13:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-332. mouth--rather, "palate," whereby the taste discerns. Every man speaks with his mouth, but few, as Elihu, try their words with discrimination first, and only say what is really good (Job 6:30; 12:11). hath spoken--rather, "proceeds to speak."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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
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