Job 34:16
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
If now thou hast vnderstanding, heare this: hearken to the voyce of my words.
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- Job 13:2–6Rank 2 from verse 16
2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
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.
5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
2What yee know, the same doe I know also, I am not inferiour vnto you.
3Surely I would speake to the Almighty, & I desire to reason with God.
4But ye are forgers of lies, yee are all Physicians of no value.
5O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome.
6Heare now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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Job 34:16
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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understanding
1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.
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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.
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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
15*All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turne againe vnto dust.
16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
16If now thou hast vnderstanding, heare this: hearken to the voyce of my words.
Selected passage17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
17†Shall euen he that hateth right, gouerne? and wilt thou condemne him that is most iust?