Job - 33:31

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31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

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Explanation and meaning of Job 33:31.

Differing Translations

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Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Attend, Job, and hearken to me : and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.
Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.
Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I, I do speak.
Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.
Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me - Elihu designs to intimate that he had much more to say which demanded close attention. He begged, therefore, that Job would hear him patiently through.

Mark well, O Job - Pay the deepest attention to what I have said, and to what I shall say.

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.

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