King James Version
Job 33:31 in the King James Version says “Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.” — study this verse from Job chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.”
Job 33:31 · KJV
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“unto me hold thy peace”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
“and I will speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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