1Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
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Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Several arguments Elihu here uses to persuade Job not only to give him a patient hearing, but to believe that he designed him a good office, and to take it kindly, and be willing to receive the instructions he was now about to give him. Let Job consider, 1. That Elihu does not join with his three friends against him. He has, in the foregoing chapter, declared his dislike of their proceedings, disc…
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