King James Version
Job 21:2 in the King James Version says “Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.”
Job 21:2 · King James Version
But Job answered and said,
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? troubled: Heb. shortened?
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“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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