Job 34:16

16 »Ahora escúchame, si eres sabio;
presta atención a lo que digo.

Job 34:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:16

If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this
Not as calling his understanding in question, as if he, had none; for Job was a very understanding man; he had not lost his natural understanding by his afflictions, see ( Job 6:13 ) ; nor was he without an understanding of divine things, as his speeches and answers show; but rather it is taken for granted that he was a man of understanding: "if" or "seeing" thou hast understanding, art a man of knowledge and intelligence, therefore hearken and attend to what has been said or about to be said; though, as some Jewish interpreters ^F1 observe, the word is not a noun, but a verb, and is imperative, "understand thou now, hear this"; and then the sense is, "if" things are so as before related, ( Job 34:13-15 ) ; then now understand this, take it into thy heart and mind, and well weigh and consider it:

hearken to the voice of my words;
either the preceding or following ones.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Jarchi, Bar Tzemach, in loc. so Cocceius, Schmidt, and Schultens.

Job 34:16 In-Context

14 Si Dios retirara su espíritu
y quitara su aliento,

15 todos los seres vivientes dejarían de existir
y la humanidad volvería al polvo.

16 »Ahora escúchame, si eres sabio;
presta atención a lo que digo.

17 ¿Podría Dios gobernar si odiara la justicia?
¿Condenarás al juez todopoderoso?

18 Pues él dice a los reyes: “Ustedes son malvados”,
y a los nobles: “Ustedes son injustos”.