World English Bible
"You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'"
— Job 42:4, World English Bible
“Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.”
“Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. ”
“You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’”
“Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.”
“Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.”
“Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.”
Then Job answered Yahweh,
"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.