Job: God Will Punish the Wicked
Job 21:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
- KJV
- Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
- WEB
- “Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
- ASV
- Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.
- LSV
- “Hear my word diligently, || And this is your consolation.
- YLT
- Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
- DBY
- Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
- DRC
- Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
- GNV
- Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
- JPS
- Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
- LXXE
- Hear ye, hear ye my words, that I may not have this consolation from you.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων, ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρʼ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Job 33:1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- Job 34:2“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
- Job 33:31–33Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you. But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you…
- Judges 9:7When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
- Job 13:3–4Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
- Job 18:2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
- Job 15:11Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
- Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).