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Job 33:31 KJV
Job · chapter 33 · verse 31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.Job 33:31 · King James Version
Job 33:31 in context
29Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hearkenshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- peacechârashto scratchH2790 →
- wellqâshabto prick up the earsH7181 →
- JobʼÎyôwbIjob, the patriarch famous for his patienceH347 →
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We have here the conclusion of this first part of Elihu's discourse, in which, 1. He briefly sums up what he had said, showing that God's great and gracious design, in all the dispensations of his providence towards the children of men, is to save them from being for ever miserable and bring them to be for ever happy,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-33