Job 42:4
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Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Hear

Genesis 18:27,30-32 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. . . .

I will

Job 38:3 Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

Job 40:7 Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Context
Job Submits Himself to the LORD
3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. 4Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.5With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.…
Cross References
Job 38:3
Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Lexicon
You said, ‘Listen
שְֽׁמַֽע־ (šə·ma‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

now,
נָ֭א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

and I
וְאָנֹכִ֣י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

will speak.
אֲדַבֵּ֑ר (’ă·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

I will question you,
אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ (’eš·’ā·lə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

and you shall answer Me.’
וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ (wə·hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know


Additional Translations
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’Hear, I beseech you, and I will speak: I will demand of you, and declare you to me.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.

You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

'Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'
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