Job 21:2

World English Bible (2000)

"Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 9:7 : 7 When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
  • Job 13:3-4 : 3 "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. 4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
  • Job 15:11 : 11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
  • Job 16:2 : 2 "I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
  • Job 18:2 : 2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 "However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak. 32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you. 33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."
  • Job 34:2 : 2 "Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

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  • Job 21:1
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    1Then Job answered,

  • Job 33:1
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    1"However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

  • Job 21:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

    4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?

    5Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

  • Job 33:31-32
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    31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

    32If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • Job 15:11
    76%

    11Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

  • Job 16:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Then Job answered,

    2"I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

  • Isa 28:23
    74%

    23Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!

  • Job 23:1-2
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    74%

    1Then Job answered,

    2"Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

  • Job 19:1-2
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    74%

    1Then Job answered,

    2"How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

  • Job 12:1
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    1Then Job answered,

  • Job 22:21-22
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    21"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

    22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

  • Job 13:17
    72%

    17Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.

  • Job 13:6
    72%

    6Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Job 29:1
    72%

    1Job again took up his parable, and said,

  • Job 16:5
    72%

    5but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

  • Job 3:2
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    2Job answered:

  • Job 26:1
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    1Then Job answered,

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    1Then Job answered,

    2"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

  • Job 37:14
    72%

    14"Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

  • Job 32:11-12
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    11"Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.

    12Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.

  • Job 34:34
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    34Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

  • Job 27:1
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    1Job again took up his parable, and said,

  • Job 34:1-2
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    1Moreover Elihu answered,

    2"Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Job 42:1
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    1Then Job answered Yahweh,

  • Job 42:4
    71%

    4You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

  • Job 21:34
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    34So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"

  • Job 40:1
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    1Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

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    20Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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    16"If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

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    22Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.

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    10Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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    3Then Job answered Yahweh,

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    1Then Job answered,

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    2"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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    21"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

  • Job 23:5
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    5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.

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    8"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

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    2"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

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    2So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

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    2Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.