the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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THE MESSAGE
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.
"You said to me, ‘Listen, and I will speak. I will ask you questions, and you will answer 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.
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
God said, "The Man has become like one of us, capable of knowing everything, ranging from good to evil. What if he now should reach out and take fruit from the Tree-of-Life and eat, and live forever? Never—this cannot happen!"
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let's make ourselves famous so we won't be scattered here and there across the Earth."
When Jacob learned that there was food in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you sit around here and look at one another? I've heard that there is food in Egypt. Go down there and buy some so that we can survive and not starve to death."
Reuben broke in. "Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't hurt the boy'? But no, you wouldn't listen. And now we're paying for his murder."
When they stopped for the night, one of them opened his sack to get food for his donkey; there at the mouth of his bag was his money. He called out to his brothers, "My money has been returned; it's right here in my bag!" They were puzzled—and frightened. "What's God doing to us?"
But Jacob refused. "My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead and he is all I have left. If something bad happens to him on the road, you'll put my gray, sorrowing head in the grave."
Then Joseph picked out his brother Benjamin, his own mother's son. He asked, "And is this your youngest brother that you told me about?" Then he said, "God be gracious to you, my son."
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.
