“Listen to my words, Job; pay attention to what I have to say.
Parallel translations
- WEB “However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- KJV Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
- BSB “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- NKJV “But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
- NASB “However, please hear my speech, Job, And listen to all my words.
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Quick answer
God commands Moses to lead the people toward the promised land sworn to the patriarchs. The covenant promise still stands despite Israel's sin.
Overview
Even after the calf, God reaffirms His oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give their offspring the land. God's faithfulness to His promises is not undone by human failure. This sets up the tension of the chapter: the land is promised, but will God Himself go with them?
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Job 13:6Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
- Mark 4:9He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Ps 49:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
- Job 34:2“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
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Christ at the center
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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