Job 21:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

"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. Miserable comforters are you all!
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Then Job answered,

  • 1 "However, Job, Please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

  • Job 21:3-5
    3 verses
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    3 Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

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

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

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

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

  • Job 16:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Then Job answered,

    2 "I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are you all!

  • 23 Give you ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.

  • Job 23:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Then Job answered,

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

  • Job 19:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Then Job answered,

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

  • 1 Then Job answered,

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 2 Job answered:

  • 1 Then Job answered,

  • Job 6:1-2
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    1 Then Job answered,

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Job 34:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Moreover Elihu answered,

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

  • 1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

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

  • 34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, Seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?"

  • 1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

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

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

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

  • 10 Be 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.

  • 3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

  • 1 Then Job answered,

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

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

  • 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.

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

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

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

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