Job 13:17
Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
BSB
ASV
Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.
KJV
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Hear diligently my speech - That which I have made; that is, the declaration which I have made of my innocence. He refers to his solemn declaration, Job 13:15-16 that he had unwavering confidence in God, and that even should God slay him he would put confidence in him. This solemn appeal he wished them to attend to as one of the utmost importance.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Job 13:6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
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“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
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Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
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We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?