Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 33:31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
31. mark well ] These words do not mean, weigh and apply, but listen, namely, to that which Elihu will further say.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
31 33. The speaker requests Job to hear his further arguments ( Job 33:31); or if he can reply to what has been said, by all means let him do so, for Elihu desires that he should be in the right ( Job 33:32); but if not let him listen and learn wisdom ( Job 33:33).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me … – Elihu designs to intimate that he had much more to say which demanded close attention. He begged, therefore, that Job would hear him patiently through.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 31. Mark well, O Job] Pay the deepest attention to what I have said, and to what I shall say.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Hold thy peace; attend to what I have further to say to thee with patience and silence.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Mark well, O Job,…. Consider and weigh well what has been said; or rather attend to what is further to be said:
hearken unto me; to what he was about to say; for he was full of matter, and had not yet vented all he had to utter:
hold thy peace, and I will speak; be silent and do not interrupt, and I will go on with my discourse.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Job 33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Ver. 31. Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me ] For I speak from God, and for God. It was a good speech of Austin to Manicheus, contesting with him for audience. Hear me, hear me, said Manicheus. Nay, saith Austin, Nec ego to, nec tu me, sed ambo audiamus Apostolum, dicentem, Peccatum non cognovi, &c., Neither will I hear thee nor do thou hear me, but let us both hear the apostle, saying, “I had not known lust,” &c.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Job 13:6, Job 18:2, Job 21:2, Job 32:11
Reciprocal: Gen 44:18 – let thy Job 6:24 – Teach me Job 21:3 – that I may Job 29:22 – After my Job 36:2 – Suffer 1Co 14:30 – let
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 33:31-33. Mark well, O Job Consider what I have already said, for it very much concerns thee; hearken unto me; hold thy peace Attend to what I have further to say to thee with patience and silence. If thou hast any thing to say For thy own justification, or in answer to the charge I have already brought against thee; speak, for I desire to justify thee
Namely, as far as may consist with truth and justice. I do not speak with an evil design, or as one resolved to condemn thee whatsoever thou sayest, and, therefore, I shall be glad to hear any thing from thee which may make for thy just vindication. If not, hearken to me If thou hast no exception to make against my discourse, then continue thy attention, and silently listen to me; and I shall teach thee wisdom That is, what thy wisdom and duty are in thy circumstances.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 33:31-33. Let Job listen in silence to Elihu, who, however, will gladly hear if Job has any reply.