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Bishop's Bible

Job 32:10

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Pride;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elihu;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Opinion;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore I say, “Listen to me.I too will declare what I know.”
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'
King James Version
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
English Standard Version
Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
New Century Version
So I say, listen to me. I too will tell you what I know.
New English Translation
Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.'
Amplified Bible
"Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; I also will give you my opinion [about Job's situation] and tell you plainly what I think.'
New American Standard Bible
"So I say, 'Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.'
World English Bible
Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore I say, Heare me, and I will shew also mine opinion.
Legacy Standard Bible
So I say, ‘Listen to me,I too will tell my knowledge.'
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore I say, 'Listen to me. I too will declare what I know.'
Contemporary English Version
That's why I ask you to listen to me.
Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore, I say, listen to me; I too will express my opinion.
Darby Translation
Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will shew what I know.
Easy-to-Read Version
"So please listen to me, and I will tell you what I think.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will show you my knowledge.
Good News Translation
So now I want you to listen to me; let me tell you what I think.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.'
Literal Translation
so then I say, Listen to me; I will declare my opinion, I also.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore wil I speake also (in so farre as I maye be herde) & wil shewe yow myne opinyon.
American Standard Version
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.
Bible in Basic English
So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore I say: 'Hearken to me; I also will declare mine opinion.'
King James Version (1611)
Therfore I sayd, Hearken to me: I also will shew mine opinion.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know.
English Revised Version
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Y schal seie, Here ye me, and Y also schal schewe my kunnyng to you.
Update Bible Version
Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show my opinion.
New King James Version
"Therefore I say, "Listen to me, I also will declare my opinion.'
New Living Translation
So listen to me, and let me tell you what I think.
New Life Bible
So I say, ‘Listen to me. I also will tell you what I think.'
New Revised Standard
Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore, I said, Hearken unto me, I will show my knowledge - even I.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore I will speak: Hearken to me, I also will shew you my wisdom.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I say, 'Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.'

Contextual Overview

6 Therfore Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite aunswered, and sayde: [Considering that] I am young, and ye be men of age, I was afrayde, and durst not shewe foorth my mynde. 7 For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome. 8 Euery man no doubt hath a mynde, but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding. 9 Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull: 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, 12 Yea when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Iob, that directly could make aunswere vnto his wordes, 13 Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man. 14 He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:25, 1 Corinthians 7:40

Reciprocal: Job 32:17 - General Psalms 119:100 - understand

Cross-References

Genesis 18:27
And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.
Genesis 28:15
And see, I am with thee, and wyll be thy keper in all [places] whyther thou goest, and wyll bryng thee agayne into this lande: For I wyl not leaue thee, vntyll I haue made good that whiche I haue promised thee.
Genesis 30:43
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattell, and mayde seruauntes, and man seruauntes, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 32:5
And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe [it] my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:6
And the messengers came agayne to Iacob, saying: we came to thy brother Esau, and he commeth to meete thee, and hath foure hundred men with him.
Genesis 32:7
But Iacob was greatly afrayde, and wist not whiche way to turne him selfe: and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and oxen, and camelles, into two companies:
Genesis 32:8
And sayd, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall saue it selfe.
Genesis 32:9
And Iacob said agayne: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isahac, Lorde whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kindred, & I will do well with thee:
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies.
Genesis 32:11
Deliuer me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I feare hym, lest he wyll come and smyte me, [yea] the mother with the chyldren.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore I said, hearken to me,.... Thou O Job, and every one of you his friends, for the word is singular; though I am but a young man, yet if I have the Spirit of God, and am under the inspiration of the Almighty, I may be able to say something to you worth your hearing:

I also will show mine opinion; for though for a while he was timorous and fearful of doing it, lest he should mistake and expose himself, yet having duly weighed and considered the above things, he was determined to do it.


 
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