2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
2 "Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
2 "Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort.
2 "Now listen to me carefully, please listen, at least do me the favor of listening.
2 "Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation.
2 "Listen closely to what I am saying. That's one consolation you can give me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:2
Commentary on Job 21:1-6
(Read Job 21:1-6)
Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.