Job 33:1

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Why, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words.

American King James Version (AKJV)

Why, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

Webster's Revision

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

World English Bible

"However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, and hearken to all my words.

Definitions for Job 33:1

Wherefore - Why?; for what reason?; for what cause?

Barnes's Job 33:1 Bible Commentary

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee - In the next chapter he addresses the three friends of Job. This is addressed particularly to him.

My speeches - Hebrew, "my words" - מלה millâh. This is the usual word in the Aramaen languages to express a saying or discourse, though in Hebrew it is only a poetic form. The meaning is, not that he would address separate speeches, or distinct discourses, to Job, but that he called on him to attend to what he had to say.