Job 33:31
◄  Job 33:31  ►
New International Version (©2011)
"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Mark this well, Job. Listen to me, for I have more to say.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me. Be quiet, and I will speak.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.

NET Bible (©2006)
Pay attention, Job--listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Pay attention, Job! Listen to me! Keep quiet, and let me speak.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

American King James Version
Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

American Standard Version
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Attend, Job, and hearken to me : and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.

Darby Bible Translation
Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.

English Revised Version
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Webster's Bible Translation
Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

World English Bible
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

Young's Literal Translation
Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

33:29-33 Elihu shows that God's great and gracious design toward the children of men, is, to save them from being for ever miserable, and to bring them to be for ever happy. By whatever means we are kept back from the we shall bless the Lord for them at least, and should bless him for them though they be painful and distressing. Those that perish for ever are without excuse, for they would not be healed.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 31. - Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me; i.e. "Mark well what I say. Note it, and lay it up in thy heart." Hold thy peace, and I will speak. It may be conjectured that Job at this point showed some inclination to break silence and answer Elihu. But Elihu thought that he had a great deal more to say, which was of importance, and wished not to be interrupted. He therefore checked Job's utterance. Then, fearing lest he had gone too far, he made the concession of the next verse.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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Elihu Rebukes Job
…30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak. 32If you have anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you.

Job 33:30 to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.
Job 33:32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to vindicate you.
Jeremiah 23:18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?