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Job Submits Himself to the LORD

Job 42:4

In 11 translations

BSB
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’Job 38:3 and Job 40:7
KJV
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
WEB
You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
ASV
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
LSV
Please hear, and I speak; [You said], I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
YLT
'Hear, I pray thee, and I — I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
DBY
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.
DRC
Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
GNV
Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
JPS
Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.
LXXE
But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֭א וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃
LXX-Br
Ἄκουσον δέ μου Κύριε, ἵνα κᾀγὼ λαλήσω· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ με δίδαξον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 40:7“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
  • Job 38:3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
  • Genesis 18:30–32Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.” And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to…
  • Genesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

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