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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Job 34:2
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Hear my words, you wise ones,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
"Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you who know a lot.
"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who have [so much] knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
"Hear my speech, you wise men,And give ear to me, you who know.
You men think you are wise, but just listen to me!
"Hear my words, you sages! Listen to me, you who know so much!
Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
"Listen to what I say, you wise men. Pay attention, you who know so much.
Hear my words, O you wise men, and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,
O wise men, hear my words; and you who know, listen to me;
Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:
Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
Hear my words, you wise men; And give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
"Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.
"Hear my words, you wise men. Listen to me, you who know.
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me:
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 1:5, 1 Corinthians 10:15, 1 Corinthians 14:20
Reciprocal: Job 13:6 - General Job 15:17 - hear me Job 21:2 - Hear Job 33:1 - hear Job 34:10 - understanding Job 34:34 - understanding
Cross-References
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
When Jacob's sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter-a thing that should not be done.
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property."
Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons (Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear my words, O ye wise [men],.... This is not an address to Job's three friends, as some think; for Elihu had expressed his displeasure at them, in condemning Job without convicting him, and returning solid answers to him; and therefore he should not take their method of dealing with him, but take another; and plainly suggests that wisdom was not with them, nor taught by them; and therefore, as he could not give flattering titles to men, it could not well be thought that he should address them as wise and understanding men, unless indeed in an ironic way, as some choose to interpret it; see
Job 32:3. Rather therefore some bystanders are here spoken to, whom Elihu knew to be men of wisdom and knowledge, c. as it follows,
and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge and as they were endued not only with natural and political wisdom and knowledge, but with that which is divine and spiritual, they were proper judges of the affair in controversy, and could best discern whether what Elihu delivered was right or wrong, and to the purpose or not. And besides, though they had a large share of wisdom and knowledge, yet it was but imperfect; and the most wise and knowing may become more so, and that sometimes by means of their inferiors and juniors: and therefore Elihu craves their attention to what he had said or should say, though he was but a young man, and they aged, and men of great geniuses and abilities; and the rather he might be pressing on them to be his hearers and judges, because, generally speaking, such, as they are the most judicious, so the most candid hearers.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear my words, O ye wise men - Addressing particularly the three friends of Job. The previous chapter had been addressed to Job himself. He had stated to him his views of the design of affliction, and he had nothing to reply. He now addresses himself to his friends, with a particular view of examining some of the sentiments which Job had advanced, and of showing where he was in error. He addresses them as “wise men,” or sages, and as endowed with “knowledge,” to conciliate their attention, and because he regarded them as qualified to understand the difficult subject which he proposed to explain.
