"Listencarefullyto my speech,And let thisbe your [way of] consolation.
"Listencarefullyto my speech,And let my declaration[fill] your ears.
"Pleasehearmy argumentAnd listento the contentionsof my lips.
"Are the consolationsof Godtoosmallfor you, Even the word[spoken] gentlywith you?
"I have heardmanysuchthings;Sorrycomfortersare you all.
"Howlongwill you huntfor words?Showunderstandingand thenwe can talk.
Then Jobanswered,
"Bearwith me that I may speak;Then afterI have spoken,you may mock.
"Howevernow, Job,pleasehearmy speech,And listento allmy words.
"Hearmy words,you wisemen,And listento me, you who know.
"Whydo you spendmoneyfor what is not bread,And your wagesfor whatdoes not satisfy?Listencarefullyto Me, and eatwhatis good,And delightyourselfin abundance.
For thisreasonwe mustpaymuch closerattentionto what we have heard,sothat we do not drift away[from it].
Now when they toldJotham,he wentand stoodon the topof MountGerizim,and liftedhis voiceand calledout. Thus he saidto them, "Listento me, O menof Shechem,that Godmay listento you.
