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Gill's Exposition
Suffer me that I may speak,.... To go on with his discourse, without any interruption, until he had finished it; as he before craves their attention, here he entreats their patience to hear him out,…
Barnes' Notes
Hear diligently - Hebrew “Hearing hear” - that is, hear attentively. What he was about to say was worthy of their solemn consideration. And let this be your consolations - That is, “You came to me for…
Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he suffered and what he said, to the compassionate consideration of his friends. 1. That which he entreats of them is very fair,…
Cambridge Bible
your consolations They believed they were offering him the consolations of God (ch. Job 15:11); the consolation he seeks from them is that they listen to him.
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