Job 21:2
Context| NETBible | “Listen carefully 1 to my words; let this be 2 the consolation you offer me. 3 |
| XREF | Jud 9:7; Job 13:3,4; Job 15:11; Job 16:2; Job 18:2; Job 33:1,31-33; Job 34:2; Isa 55:2; Heb 2:1 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The intensity of the appeal is again expressed by the imperative followed by the infinitive absolute for emphasis. See note on “listen carefully” in 13:17. 2 tc The LXX negates the sentence, “that I may not have this consolation from you.” 3 tn The word תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם (tankhumotekhem) is literally “your consolations,” the suffix being a subjective genitive. The friends had thought they were offering Job consolation (Job 14:11), but the consolation he wants from them is that they listen to him and respond accordingly. |
