the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Job 34:2
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"Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Hear my words, you wise men; And give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you who know a lot.
"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who have [so much] knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
"Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
You men think you are wise, but just listen to me!
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
"Hear my words, you sages! Listen to me, you who know so much!
Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
"Listen to what I say, you wise men. Pay attention, you who know so much.
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men. Listen to me, you who know.
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Hear my words, O you wise men, and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me:
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:
Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.
Hear my words, you wise ones,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,
O wise men, hear my words; and you who know, listen to me;
Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.
"Hear my speech, you wise men,And give ear to me, you who know.
Contextual Overview
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
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew 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.
