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17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

Job 13:17

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  • Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

  • Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

  • Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-22)

Job here takes fresh hold, fast hold, of his integrity, as one that was resolved not to let it go, nor suffer it to be wrested from him. His firmness in this matter is commendable and his warmth excusable. I. He entreats his friends and all the company to let him alone, and not interrupt him in what he was about to say (Job 13:13), but diligently to hearken to it, Job 13:17. He would have his own…

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