Job 21:2
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Job 21:2 in other translations
| BSB | “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me. |
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| WEB | “Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation. |
| ASV | Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
| YLT | Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. |
| DARBY | Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations. |
| BBE | Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort. |
| Webster | Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. |
What does Job 21:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Job 21:1-34. Job's Answer.
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).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:1-6
Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.
Job 21:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:2
- Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
- Job 15:11
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
- Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
- Job 13:3-4
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- Job 33:31-33
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
- Job 33:1
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
- Job 34:2
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
- Judges 9:7
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
- Job 18:2
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
- Job 16:2
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
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Context
- Job 21:1
But Job answered and said,
- Job 21:2
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
- Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 21:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oid atentamente mi palabra, y sea esto vuestros consuelos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Écoutez, écoutez mon discours, et cela tiendra lieu de vos consolations. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Höret, höret meine Rede! Und dies ersetze eure Tröstungen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam. |