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Complete Jewish Bible

Job 34:2

"Hear my words, you sages! Listen to me, you who know so much!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Hearing;   Trial;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for February 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hear my words, you wise ones,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
Hebrew Names Version
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
King James Version
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
English Standard Version
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
New Century Version
"Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you who know a lot.
New English Translation
"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
Amplified Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who have [so much] knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.
World English Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Hear my speech, you wise men,And give ear to me, you who know.
Berean Standard Bible
"Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
Contemporary English Version
You men think you are wise, but just listen to me!
Darby Translation
Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Listen to what I say, you wise men. Pay attention, you who know so much.
George Lamsa Translation
Hear my words, O you wise men, and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
Lexham English Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,
Literal Translation
O wise men, hear my words; and you who know, listen to me;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.
American Standard Version
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
King James Version (1611)
Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.
English Revised Version
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
Update Bible Version
Hear my words, you wise men; And give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
New King James Version
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
New Living Translation
"Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.
New Life Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men. Listen to me, you who know.
New Revised Standard
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me:
Revised Standard Version
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Young's Literal Translation
Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.

Contextual Overview

1 Elihu continued speaking: 2 "Hear my words, you sages! Listen to me, you who know so much! 3 For the ear tests words, just as the palate tastes food. 4 Let's choose for ourselves what is just; let's decide among ourselves what is good. 5 For Iyov says, ‘I am in the right, but God is denying me justice. 6 Against justice, I am considered a liar; my wound is mortal, though I committed no crime.' 7 "Is there a man like Iyov, who drinks in scoffing like water, 8 who keeps company with evildoers and goes with wicked men, 9 since he thinks, ‘It profits a person nothing to be in accord with God'?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 1:5, 1 Corinthians 10:15, 1 Corinthians 14:20

Reciprocal: Job 13:6 - General Job 15:17 - hear me Job 21:2 - Hear Job 33:1 - hear Job 34:10 - understanding Job 34:34 - understanding

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Genesis 10:17
the Hivi, the ‘Arki, the Sini,
Genesis 20:2
Avraham was saying of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister"; so Avimelekh king of G'rar sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 33:19
From the sons of Hamor Sh'khem's father he bought for one hundred pieces of silver the parcel of land where he had pitched his tent.
Genesis 34:6
Hamor the father of Sh'khem went out to Ya‘akov to speak with him
Genesis 34:7
just as Ya‘akov's sons were coming in from the field. When they heard what had happened, the men were saddened and were very angry at the outrage this man had committed against Isra'el by raping Ya‘akov's daughter, something that is simply not done.
Genesis 34:10
You will live with us, and the land will be available to you — you'll live, do business and acquire possessions here."
Genesis 34:11
Then Sh'khem said to her father and brothers, "Only accept me, and I will give whatever you tell me.
Genesis 34:24
Everyone going out the city's gate listened to Hamor and Sh'khem his son; so every male was circumcised, every one that went out the gate of the city.
Genesis 34:25
On the third day after the circumcision, when they were in pain, two of Ya‘akov's sons, Shim‘on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords, boldly descended on the city and slaughtered all the males.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear my words, O ye wise [men],.... This is not an address to Job's three friends, as some think; for Elihu had expressed his displeasure at them, in condemning Job without convicting him, and returning solid answers to him; and therefore he should not take their method of dealing with him, but take another; and plainly suggests that wisdom was not with them, nor taught by them; and therefore, as he could not give flattering titles to men, it could not well be thought that he should address them as wise and understanding men, unless indeed in an ironic way, as some choose to interpret it; see

Job 32:3. Rather therefore some bystanders are here spoken to, whom Elihu knew to be men of wisdom and knowledge, c. as it follows,

and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge and as they were endued not only with natural and political wisdom and knowledge, but with that which is divine and spiritual, they were proper judges of the affair in controversy, and could best discern whether what Elihu delivered was right or wrong, and to the purpose or not. And besides, though they had a large share of wisdom and knowledge, yet it was but imperfect; and the most wise and knowing may become more so, and that sometimes by means of their inferiors and juniors: and therefore Elihu craves their attention to what he had said or should say, though he was but a young man, and they aged, and men of great geniuses and abilities; and the rather he might be pressing on them to be his hearers and judges, because, generally speaking, such, as they are the most judicious, so the most candid hearers.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear my words, O ye wise men - Addressing particularly the three friends of Job. The previous chapter had been addressed to Job himself. He had stated to him his views of the design of affliction, and he had nothing to reply. He now addresses himself to his friends, with a particular view of examining some of the sentiments which Job had advanced, and of showing where he was in error. He addresses them as “wise men,” or sages, and as endowed with “knowledge,” to conciliate their attention, and because he regarded them as qualified to understand the difficult subject which he proposed to explain.


 
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