² Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

⁷ Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.

² Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

² Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

³¹ Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

³² If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

³³ If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

¹ And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

² How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

² Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.

¹¹ Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?

³ But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

⁴ But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.

¹ For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.