Job 33:1

1 Mais toi, ô Job, écoute mes discours, et prête l'oreille à toutes mes paroles.

Job 33:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:1

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches
In the preceding chapter, Elihu directed his discourse to the three friends of Job chiefly, here to Job himself, and that by name; which none of his friends in all their discourses ever used; and in an humble suppliant manner entreats his attention to what he was about to deliver, and that for reasons which his address to his friends could furnish him with; and hence begins his speech with "wherefore", seeing he took not the part of his three friends, but blamed them; and because he had the Spirit of God in him, and was full of matter, and uneasy until he had vented it; and which he proposed to deliver in a plain and faithful manner, with sincerity and without flattery; on all which accounts be beseeches him to give him a diligent and attentive hearing:

and hearken to all my words;
not to some of them only, but to all; he bespeaks his candid and constant attention, that he would hear him out, all that he had to say, with patience, and without interruption; and then judge of the truth, force, and pertinency of them; which he would not so well be able to do, unless he heard them all; for sometimes the proof, the evidence, and demonstration of a thing depends not on a single argument, but upon many put together; each of them alone being insufficient, at least may appear so, when all considered together give full satisfaction.

Job 33:1 In-Context

1 Mais toi, ô Job, écoute mes discours, et prête l'oreille à toutes mes paroles.

2 Voici, j'ouvre la bouche, ma langue parle en mon palais.

3 Mes paroles exprimeront la droiture de mon cœur; mes lèvres diront franchement ce que je sais.

4 C'est l'Esprit de Dieu qui m'a fait; c'est le souffle du Tout-Puissant qui m'a donné la vie.

5 Si tu le peux, réponds-moi; résiste-moi en face, et tiens-toi bien.