Job 33:31

31 Hearken, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.

Job 33:31 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:31

Mark well, O Job
Consider and weigh well what has been said; or rather attend to what is further to be said:

hearken unto me;
to what he was about to say; for he was full of matter, and had not yet vented all he had to utter:

hold thy peace, and I will speak;
be silent and do not interrupt, and I will go on with my discourse.

Job 33:31 In-Context

29 Behold, all these things, the Mighty One works in a threefold manner with a man.
30 And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.
31 Hearken, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.
32 If thou hast words, answer me: speak, for I desire thee to be justified.
33 If not, do thou hear me: be silent, and I will teach thee.

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