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Job 13:17 KJV
Job · chapter 13 · verse 17
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.Job 13:17 · King James Version
Job 13:17 in context
15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- declarationʼachvâhan utteranceH262 →
- speechmillâha wordH4405 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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Job here takes fresh hold, fast hold, of his integrity, as one that was resolved not to let it go, nor suffer it to be wrested from him. His firmness in this matter is commendable and his warmth excusable. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-22