Job 13 · Verse 17

Job 13:17

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Job 13:17, King James Version

Job 13:17 in other translations

BSBListen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
WEBListen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
ASVHear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.
YLTHear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.
DARBYHear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.
BBEGive ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.
WebsterHear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

What does Job 13:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. my declaration--namely, that I wish to be permitted to justify myself immediately before God. with your ears--that is, attentively.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:13-22

Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew…

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Job 13:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UlistenH8085
שָׁ֭מוֹעַSha.mo.a'completely [to] <to listen>H8085
מִלָּתִ֑יmi.la.Tispeech myH4405
וְ֝אַֽחֲוָתִ֗יve.'a.cha.va.Tiand declaration myH262
בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם\׃be.'a.ze.nei.Khem[be] in ears yourH241

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 13:17

  • Job 33:1

    Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

  • Job 21:2

    Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

  • Job 13:6

    Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6; 33:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 13:16

    He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

  • Job 13:17

    Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

  • Job 13:18

    Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

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Job 13:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oid con atención mi razonamiento, y mi denunciación con vuestros oídos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Écoutez, écoutez mon discours, et que ma déclaration pénètre dans vos oreilles!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Höret, höret meine Rede, und meine Erklärung dringe in eure Ohren!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Audite sermonem meum, et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris.