Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.
- KJV Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
- NKJV Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
- NASB “Then call and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me.
- NLT Now summon me, and I will answer! Or let me speak to you, and you reply.
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Quick answer
Job invites a two-way exchange with God, whether God speaks first or he does. He seeks genuine dialogue with his Maker.
Overview
Job proposes that God either call and he will answer, or let Job speak and God reply. He desires real communication, not a one-sided verdict. This longing for mutual response between God and man finds its answer in Christ, the mediator through whom God and sinners are reconciled and brought into fellowship.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Job 14:15You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
- Job 9:16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
- Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
- Job 38:3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
- Job 42:3–6You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- Job 40:4–5“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
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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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