Job 15:17

Christian Standard Bible ®

Listen to me and I will inform you.I will describe what I have seen,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"I will show you, listen to me; That which I have seen I will declare:

King James Version
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

English Standard Version
"I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare

New Century Version
"Listen to me, and I will tell you about it; I will tell you what I have seen.

New English Translation
"I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

Amplified Bible
"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;

New American Standard Bible
"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;

World English Bible
"I will show you, listen to me; That which I have seen I will declare:

Geneva Bible (1587)
I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:

Legacy Standard Bible
"I will tell you, listen to me;And what I have beheld I will also recount;

Berean Standard Bible
Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

Contemporary English Version
Just listen to what I know, and you will learn

Complete Jewish Bible
"I will tell you — hear me out! I will recount what I have seen;

Darby Translation
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

Easy-to-Read Version
"Listen to me, and I will explain it to you. Let me tell you what I have seen.

George Lamsa Translation
Hear me, I will show you; and that which I have seen I will repeat;

Good News Translation
Now listen, Job, to what I know.

Lexham English Bible
"I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell—

Literal Translation
I will tell you; hear me, and I will declare this that I have seen;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will tell the, heare me: I wil shewe the a thinge, that I knowe:

American Standard Version
I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare

Bible in Basic English
Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare--

King James Version (1611)
I will shew thee, heare me, and that which I haue seene, I wil declare,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;

English Revised Version
I will shew thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siy.

Update Bible Version
I will show you, hear me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

Webster's Bible Translation
I will show thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen, I will declare;

New King James Version
"I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,

New Living Translation
"If you will listen, I will show you. I will answer you from my own experience.

New Life Bible
"I will tell you, listen to me. I will make known what I have seen,

New Revised Standard
"I will show you; listen to me; what I have seen I will declare—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will tell thee - hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.

Revised Standard Version
"I will show you, hear me; and what I have seen I will declare

Young's Literal Translation
I shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare:

THE MESSAGE
"I've a thing or two to tell you, so listen up! I'm letting you in on my views; It's what wise men and women have always taught, holding nothing back from what they were taught By their parents, back in the days when they had this land all to themselves: Those who live by their own rules, not God's, can expect nothing but trouble, and the longer they live, the worse it gets. Every little sound terrifies them. Just when they think they have it made, disaster strikes. They despair of things ever getting better— they're on the list of people for whom things always turn out for the worst. They wander here and there, never knowing where the next meal is coming from— every day is doomsday! They live in constant terror, always with their backs up against the wall Because they insist on shaking their fists at God, defying God Almighty to his face, Always and ever at odds with God, always on the defensive.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;

Contextual Overview

¹⁷Listen to me and I will inform you.I will describe what I have seen,¹⁸what the wise have declared and not concealed,that came from their ancestors, ¹⁹to whom alone the land was givenwhen no foreigner passed among them. ²⁰A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless. ²¹Dreadful sounds fill his ears;when he is at peace, a robber attacks him. ²²He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;he is destined for the sword. ²³He wanders about for food, asking, “Where is it?”He knows the day of darkness is at hand. ²⁴Trouble and distress terrify him,overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle. ²⁵For he has stretched out his hand against Godand has arrogantly opposed the Almighty. ²⁶He rushes headlong at himwith his thick, studded shields.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hear me: Job 5:27, Job 13:5, Job 13:6, Job 33:1, Job 34:2, Job 36:2

Reciprocal: Job 13:1 - ear Psalms 44:1 - in the times Proverbs 24:30 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, “Lord God, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 15:3
Abram continued, “Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.”

Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

Genesis 15:19
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.

Judges 6:21
The angel of the Lord extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.

Judges 13:20
When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the Lord went up in its flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown on the ground.

2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke rose from his nostrils,and consuming fire came from his mouth;coals were set ablaze by it.

1 Chronicles 21:26
He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

Isaiah 62:1
I will not keep silent because of Zion,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will show thee, hear me,.... Here Eliphaz proceeds to illustrate and make plain, to clear and defend, his former sentiment and proposition, and into which the rest of his friends came; that only wicked, and not righteous men, are afflicted of God, especially in such a manner as Job was; and he proposes to show things worthy of his regard, and not such vain and unprofitable things which Job had uttered; and, in order to stir up and engage his attention, he says what follows:

and that [which] I have seen I will declare; what he had been an eyewitness of himself; the same he had observed, Job 4:8; and such testimonies are most regarded, and reckoned most authentic and creditable, especially when they come from men of character; see Luke 1:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will show thee ... - The remainder of this chapter is a violent declamation, designed to overwhelm Job with the proofs of personal guilt. Eliphaz professes to urge nothing which had not been handed down from his ancestors, and was the result of careful observation. What he says is made up of apothegms and maxims that were regarded as containing the results of ancient wisdom, all meaning that God would punish the wicked, or that the wicked would be treated according to their deserts. The implied inference all along was, that Job, who had had so many proofs of the divine displeasure, must be a wicked man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 15:17. I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen l will declare — Eliphaz is now about to quote a whole collection of wise sayings from the ancients; all good enough in themselves, but sinfully misapplied to the case of Job.