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Elihu Confirms God’s Justice

Job 34:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
KJV
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
WEB
“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
ASV
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
LSV
“Hear, O wise men, my words, || And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
YLT
Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
DBY
Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
DRC
Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me:
GNV
Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
JPS
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
LXXE
Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.

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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 חֲכָמִ֣ים מִלָּ֑י וְ֝יֹדְעִ֗ים הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἀκούσατέ μου σοφοὶ, ἐπιστάμενοι ἐνωτίζεσθε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
  • Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
  • 1 Corinthians 10:15I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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