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 replied: “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation. 3Bear with me as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. 4As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not 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 13:3Still, I desire to speak to Shaddai and to argue my case with God.
• Job 18:2“How long until you end these words? Consider, and then we will talk.
• Job 33:1“But now, Job, listen to my words and give ear to everything I say.
• Job 34:2“Hear my words, you wise men; give ear to me, you men of learning.
• Judges 9:7Now when they told Jotam, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, lifted up his voice, called out and said to them, “Listen to me, O lords of Shechem, that God may listen to you!
• Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for what is not bread? Your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Job 15:11Are the comforts of God too small for you, or a gentle word toward you?
• Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!

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