the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Job 42:4
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‘Hear, now, and I will speak;I will ask You, and You make me know.'
Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.
Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, "I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
I pray, Listen, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You will make me know.
"You said to me, ‘Listen, and I will speak. I will ask you questions, and you will answer me.'
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Hear, I urge you, and I will speak; I will demand of you, and declare you to me.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.
You said, ‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
You told me to listen and answer your questions.
"Please listen, and I will speak. [You said,] ‘I will ask questions; and you, give me answers' —
Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, & declare thou vnto me.
Hear me, I pray thee, and I will speak; I will ask thee, and declare thou to me;
'Hear, please, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.'
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.
You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.'
‘Hear now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you answer Me.'
But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.'
Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
‘Hear and I will speak; I will question you, then inform me.'
‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.'
'Please listen, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.'
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.'
You told me to listen while you spoke and to try to answer your questions.
You said, "Listen now, and I will speak. When I question you, you will inform Me."
Here thou, and Y schal speke; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me.
`Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hear: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30-32
I will: Job 38:3, Job 40:7
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 18:25 - way
Cross-References
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak,.... Not in the manner he had before, complaining of God and justifying himself, but in a way of humble entreaty of favours of him, of confession of sin before him, and of acknowledgment of his wisdom, goodness, and justice in all his dealings with him, which before he arraigned;
I will demand of thee; or rather "I will make petition to thee", as Mr. Broughton renders it; humbly ask a favour, and entreat a gracious answer; for to demand is not so agreeable to the frame and temper of soul Job was now in;
and declare thou unto me; or make him know what he knew not; he now in ignorance applies to God, as a God of knowledge, to inform him in things he was in the dark about, and to increase what knowledge he had. He was now willing to take the advice of Elihu, and pursue it,
Job 34:31.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak - This is the language of humble, docile submission. On former occasions he had spoken confidently and boldly of God; he had called in question the equity of his dealings with him; he had demanded that he might be permitted to carry his cause before him, and argue it there himself; Notes, Job 13:3, and notes Job 13:20-22. Now he is wholly changed. His is the submissive language of a docile child, and he begs to be permitted to sit down before God, and humbly to inquire of him what was truth. “This is true religion.”
I will demand of thee - Or rather, “I will ask of thee.” The word “demand” implies more than there is of necessity in the original word (שׁאל shâ'al). That means simply “to ask,” and it may be done with the deepest humility and desire of instruction. That was now the temper of Job.
And declare thou unto me - Job was not now disposed to debate the matter, or to enter into a controversy with God. He was willing to sit down and receive instruction from God, and earnestly desired that he would “teach” him of his ways. It should be added, that very respectable critics suppose that in this verse Job designs to make confession of the impropriety of his language on former occasions, in the presumptuous and irreverent manner in which he had demanded a trial of argument with God. It would then require to be rendered as a quotation from his own words formerly.
“I have indeed uttered what I understood not,
Things too wonderful for me, which I know not,
(When I said) Hear now, I will speak,
I will demand of thee, and do thou teach me”
This is adopted by Umbreit, and has much in its favor that is plausible; but on the whole the usual interpretation seems to be most simple and proper.
