the Sixth Week after Easter
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Job 42:4
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You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.When I question you, you will inform me.”
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.'
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.'
You said, ‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
'Hear, please, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.'
'Please listen, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.'
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, & declare thou vnto me.
‘Hear, now, and I will speak;I will ask You, and You make me know.'
You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
You told me to listen and answer your questions.
"Please listen, and I will speak. [You said,] ‘I will ask questions; and you, give me answers' —
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.
Hear me, I pray thee, and I will speak; I will ask thee, and declare thou to me;
You told me to listen while you spoke and to try to answer your questions.
‘Hear and I will speak; I will question you, then inform me.'
I pray, Listen, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You will make me know.
O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.
Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.
But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Here thou, and Y schal speke; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me.
Hear, I urge you, and I will speak; I will demand of you, and declare you to me.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.
Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, "I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.'
‘Hear now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you answer Me.'
‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.'
Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.'
`Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hear: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30-32
I will: Job 38:3, Job 40:7
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 18:25 - way
Cross-References
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."
Then the people said, "Let's build ourselves a city and a tower that will reach to the sky. Then we will be famous. This will keep us together so that we will not be scattered all over the earth."
During the famine in Canaan, Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons, "Why are you sitting here doing nothing?
I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go there and buy grain for us so that we will live and not die!"
One of you must go back to get your youngest brother while the rest of you stay here in prison. Then we can prove whether you are telling the truth or not. If you are not telling the truth, then by Pharaoh, I swear that you are spies!"
If you are honest men, one of your brothers can stay here in prison, and the others can go and carry grain back to your people.
But then you must bring your youngest brother back here to me. Then I will know that you are telling the truth, and you will not have to die." The brothers agreed to this.
Then Reuben said to them, "I told you not to do anything bad to that boy, but you refused to listen to me. Now we are being punished for his death."
That night the brothers stopped at a place to spend the night. One of the brothers opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. And there in the sack, he saw his money!
Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know if you are honest men or if you were sent from an army to destroy us. If you are telling the truth, I will give your brother back to you. I will give him to you, and you will be free to buy grain in our country.'"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak,.... Not in the manner he had before, complaining of God and justifying himself, but in a way of humble entreaty of favours of him, of confession of sin before him, and of acknowledgment of his wisdom, goodness, and justice in all his dealings with him, which before he arraigned;
I will demand of thee; or rather "I will make petition to thee", as Mr. Broughton renders it; humbly ask a favour, and entreat a gracious answer; for to demand is not so agreeable to the frame and temper of soul Job was now in;
and declare thou unto me; or make him know what he knew not; he now in ignorance applies to God, as a God of knowledge, to inform him in things he was in the dark about, and to increase what knowledge he had. He was now willing to take the advice of Elihu, and pursue it,
Job 34:31.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak - This is the language of humble, docile submission. On former occasions he had spoken confidently and boldly of God; he had called in question the equity of his dealings with him; he had demanded that he might be permitted to carry his cause before him, and argue it there himself; Notes, Job 13:3, and notes Job 13:20-22. Now he is wholly changed. His is the submissive language of a docile child, and he begs to be permitted to sit down before God, and humbly to inquire of him what was truth. âThis is true religion.â
I will demand of thee - Or rather, âI will ask of thee.â The word âdemandâ implies more than there is of necessity in the original word (ש××× shaÌ'al). That means simply âto ask,â and it may be done with the deepest humility and desire of instruction. That was now the temper of Job.
And declare thou unto me - Job was not now disposed to debate the matter, or to enter into a controversy with God. He was willing to sit down and receive instruction from God, and earnestly desired that he would âteachâ him of his ways. It should be added, that very respectable critics suppose that in this verse Job designs to make confession of the impropriety of his language on former occasions, in the presumptuous and irreverent manner in which he had demanded a trial of argument with God. It would then require to be rendered as a quotation from his own words formerly.
âI have indeed uttered what I understood not,
Things too wonderful for me, which I know not,
(When I said) Hear now, I will speak,
I will demand of thee, and do thou teach meâ
This is adopted by Umbreit, and has much in its favor that is plausible; but on the whole the usual interpretation seems to be most simple and proper.
