Job 21:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 9:7 : 7 Jotham’s Parable When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below,“Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
  • Job 13:3-4 : 3 But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. 4 But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!
  • Job 15:11 : 11 Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?
  • Job 16:2 : 2 “I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
  • Job 18:2 : 2 “How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.
  • Job 33:1 : 1 Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. 32 If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you. 33 If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
  • Job 34:2 : 2 “Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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