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Job 21:2–3

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Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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From verse 2

  1. Hebrews 2:1Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

  2. Isaiah 55:2Rank 2 from verse 2
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    2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  3. Job 13:3–4Rank 3 from verse 2
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    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

    4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

  4. Job 15:11Rank 4 from verse 2
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    11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

  5. Job 16:2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

From verse 3

  1. Job 16:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  2. Job 17:2Rank 2 from verse 3
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    2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

  3. Job 16:20Rank 3 from verse 3
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    20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

  4. Job 12:4–5Rank 4 from verse 3
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    4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

    5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  5. Job 13:13Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

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Job 21:2

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speech

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1. Spoken words, discourse, or a message communicated in words. 2. The manner, quality, or ability of speaking. 3. A language or dialect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Job 21:3

COMBINED MEANING

suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mock

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Sense 1: To ridicule or treat with scorn. Sense 2: An imitation or false appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1BUT Job answered and said,

2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

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3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

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4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

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