Job 13:6
in Job 13Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
KJV
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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This verse in Job 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHear now my reasoning - The speeches in this book are conceived as it delivered in a court of justice, different counselors pleading against each other. Hence most of the terms are forensic.
This site's exposition
Hear now my argument
on Job 13:6-9
Job turns the friends' defense of God into a charge, since false doctrine spoken for God is itself sin against Him. The question "Would you show Him partiality" carries the language of a corrupt judge favoring one party. Job's words plant the ground of God's ruling at 42:7.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Consider now the words which I am about to say in order to correct you, and then judge whether I pronounce them thoughtfully." "Do you not speak before the Lord and utter deceit before him?" "Do you not realize that God hears your speeches? How …
The Medieval Church2 voices
So, since you propose false dogmas and you take unsuitable means to prove them, you are in need of correction. This is what he concludes, saying then, "Listen, then, to my correction," by which I will correct your process of reasoning, "and hear the judgment …
Hear now my reproofs, and hearken to the judgment of my lips. Now he did well first to bring forward 'reproof,' and afterwards 'judgment.' For except by reproof first the swelling of the fool be put down, the judgment of the righteous is not by comprehension at all understood.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Hear now my reasoning,....
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose or that which tends to the dishonour of God and the grief of our brethren. Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is accounted wise, because nothing appears to the contrary, Prov. xvii. And, as silence is an evidence of wisdom, so it is a means of it, as it gives time to think and hear.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁמְעוּ־ | shimu- | listen to | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| נָ֥א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| תוֹכַחְתִּ֑י | tokhachti | argument my | H8433 → | |
| וְרִב֖וֹת | verivot | and [the] contentions of | H7379 → | 61 times |
| שְׂפָתַ֣י | sefatai | lips my | H8193 → | 176 times |
| הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ | hakshivu | pay attention to | H7181 → |
שִׁמְעוּ־listen to
shimu-H8085 →1159 times
נָ֥אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
תוֹכַחְתִּ֑יargument my
tokhachtiH8433 →
וְרִב֖וֹתand [the] contentions of
verivotH7379 →61 times
שְׂפָתַ֣יlips my
sefataiH8193 →176 times
הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃pay attention to
hakshivuH7181 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 9:7When 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.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:29
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
- Deuteronomy 27:12
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
- John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
- Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
- Deuteronomy 11:29
Through
Job 34:2“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- Proverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- 1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Olympiodorus of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON JOB 13:6-7 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.