Job 21:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

Job 21:2 —

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Cross-References

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Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Judges 9:7
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
Job 13:3-4
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. …
Job 33:1
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Job 16:2
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-6)

Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he suffered and what he said, to the compassionate consideration of his friends. 1. That which he entreats of them is very fair, that they would suffer him to speak (Job 21:3) and not break in upon him, as Zophar had done, in the midst of his discourse. Losers, of all men, may have leave to speak; and, if those that are accuse…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

SECOND SERIES. Job 21:1-34. Job’s Answer. 2. consolations--If you will listen calmly to me, this will be regarded as “consolations”; alluding to Eliphaz’ boasted “consolations” (Job 15:11), which Job felt more as aggravations (“mockings,” Job 21:3) than consolations (Job 16:2).