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Literal Standard Version

Job 34:2

"Hear, O wise men, my words, || And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Hearing;   Trial;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for February 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hear my words, you wise ones,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
Hebrew Names Version
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
King James Version
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
English Standard Version
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
New Century Version
"Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you who know a lot.
New English Translation
"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
Amplified Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who have [so much] knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.
World English Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Hear my speech, you wise men,And give ear to me, you who know.
Berean Standard Bible
"Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
Contemporary English Version
You men think you are wise, but just listen to me!
Complete Jewish Bible
"Hear my words, you sages! Listen to me, you who know so much!
Darby Translation
Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Listen to what I say, you wise men. Pay attention, you who know so much.
George Lamsa Translation
Hear my words, O you wise men, and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
Lexham English Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,
Literal Translation
O wise men, hear my words; and you who know, listen to me;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.
American Standard Version
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
King James Version (1611)
Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.
English Revised Version
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
Update Bible Version
Hear my words, you wise men; And give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
New King James Version
"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
New Living Translation
"Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.
New Life Bible
"Hear my words, you wise men. Listen to me, you who know.
New Revised Standard
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me:
Revised Standard Version
"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
Young's Literal Translation
Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.

Contextual Overview

1And Elihu answers and says: 2"Hear, O wise men, my words, || And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.3For the ear tries words, || And the palate tastes to eat. 4Let us choose judgment for ourselves, || Let us know among ourselves what [is] good. 5For Job has said, I have been righteous, || And God has turned aside my right, 6Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression. 7Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water, 8And he has traveled for company || With workers of iniquity, || So as to go with men of wickedness. 9For he has said, It does not profit a man || When he delights himself with God.

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

Genesis 6:2
and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen.
Genesis 10:17
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis 20:2
and Abraham says concerning his wife Sarah, "She is my sister"; and Abimelech king of Gerar sends and takes Sarah.
Genesis 33:19
and he buys the portion of the field where he has stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred kesitah;
Genesis 34:6
And Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak with him;
Genesis 34:7
and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he has done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob—and so it is not done.
Genesis 34:10
and you dwell with us, and the land is before you; dwell and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it."
Genesis 34:11
And Shechem says to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which you say to me, I give;
Genesis 34:24
And to Hamor, and to his son Shechem, do all those going out of the gate of his city listen, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.
Genesis 34:25
And it comes to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay 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.


 
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