Translations
Modern
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
Traditional
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Literal
‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
Latin
Audi, et ego loquar: interrogabo te, et responde mihi.
Original
Hebrew
English
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
Notes
Job understood the message of God’s speeches: I know that You can do all things. Nothing is too hard for him (Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26). Job says, No plan of Yours can be thwarted (Job 23:13; Isaiah 14:27; 46:10). Job realized how different he was from God.
Theme notes and profiles
Complaints God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History Material Reward
Events
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC
Glossary
Topics
God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Humility: Exemplified Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Submission of, to God