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Mark well, Job, and listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will speak.
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A Demand for Attention
Commentators like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that this verse marks a pivotal moment where Elihu forcefully demands Job's complete and silent attention. He is signaling that the information he is about to share is of utmost importance and requires Job to stop talking and listen carefully.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me ... - Elihu designs to intimate that he had much more to say which demanded close attention. He b…
19th Century
Baptist
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Mark well, O Job Consider and weigh well what has been said; or rather attend to what is further to be said:
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Elihu shows that God's great and gracious design toward humankind is to save them from being forever miserable and to bring them to be forever happ…
13th Century
Catholic
Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …
