Job 42:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:3 : 3 Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere.
  • Job 40:7 : 7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.
  • Gen 18:30-32 : 30 He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there. 31 He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake. 32 And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy them for tennes sake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee.

  • 22 Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere.

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes:

    5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me.

  • Job 33:31-33
    3 verses
    78%

    31 Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.

    32 But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee.

    33 If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome.

  • 1 Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say:

  • Job 38:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2 What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

    3 Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere.

    4 Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding.

  • 32 If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of.

  • 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me.

  • 8 Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:

  • 3 Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almightie, and my desire is to commune with God.

  • 17 I will tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene:

  • 2 Holde thee still a litle, & I shall shew thee what I haue yet to speake on gods behalfe.

  • 5 If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.

  • Job 40:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere.

    8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

  • 24 Teache me, and I will hold my tong: and wherin I haue erred; cause me to vnderstande.

  • 16 He stoode thereon and I knewe not his face, an image there was before myne eyes, and in the stilnesse hearde I a voyce.

  • 1 Then Iob aunswered the Lord, and saide:

  • Job 34:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Elihu proceeding in his aunswere, sayde:

    2 Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:

  • 6 Now heare my reasoning, and ponder the argument of my lippes.

  • 15 Thou shalt call me and I shall aunswere thee, despise not thou the worke of thyne owne handes.

  • 5 But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

  • 4 Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee, aud to thy companions with thee.

  • Job 13:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

    20 Neuerthelesse, graunt me two thinges, and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee:

  • Job 40:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying:

    4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.

  • 6 I call vpon thee O God, for thou wilt heare me: incline thine eare to me, hearken vnto my wordes.

  • 2 I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me?

  • 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

  • 16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:

  • 20 Therfore will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.

  • Job 32:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Therefore I say, heare me, and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding.

    11 For when I had wayted till ye made an end of your talking, and hearde your wysdome, what argumentes ye made in your communication,

  • 3 Crye vnto me, and I wyll aunswere, and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee.

  • 20 Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

  • 35 O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me.

  • 14 When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

  • 3 Suffer me that I may speake, and when I haue spoken mocke on.

  • 1 Heare O ye heauens, and I shal speake, and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.

  • 4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

  • 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

  • 2 If we assay to come with thee, wilt thou be discontent? But who can withhold him selfe from speaking?