Job 15:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:27 : 27 Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”
  • Job 13:5-6 : 5 If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6 “Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
  • Job 34:2 : 2 “Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
  • Job 36:2 : 2 “Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.

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  • 18what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

  • 10Therefore I say,‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

  • Job 13:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Job Pleads His Cause to God“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

    2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

  • 17Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

    4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

    5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

  • 32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

  • Job 27:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.

    12If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

  • 6You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.

  • 23You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.

  • 16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

  • 34Men of understanding say to me– any wise man listening to me says–

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • 16how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

  • 15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • 8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):

  • 17I too will answer my part, I too will explain what I know.

  • 11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

  • 27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

  • 3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • 4The man said to me,“Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

  • 27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

  • 2“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

  • 27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

  • 33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

  • 15Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–

  • 31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

  • Job 36:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2“Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.

    3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

  • 26I told you about my ways and you answered me. Teach me your statutes!

  • 6and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom– for true wisdom has two sides– so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

  • 1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

  • 7I said to myself,‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’

  • 17O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

  • 18A Plot Against Jeremiah is Revealed and He Complains of Injustice The LORD gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

  • 1A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!

  • 17The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 18I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

  • 2I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

  • 20Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

  • 20Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

  • 3Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

  • 15Look at what they are saying to me,“Where are the events in the LORD’s message? Let’s see them happen, please!”

  • 3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

  • 9then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.