Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
- KJV Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
- BSB Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
- NASB “Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.
- NLT “Listen closely to what I am about to say. Hear me out.
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Quick answer
Job urges his friends to listen carefully to his declaration. He wants his words weighed, not dismissed.
Overview
Job calls them to 'hear diligently my speech' and let his declaration reach their ears. He is about to lay out his formal defense and asks for genuine attention. The repeated plea to be heard underscores how unheard and misjudged he has felt throughout their speeches.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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