Job 29:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 29:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 29:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 29:21 — KJV
“Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.”
— Job 29:21 (KJV)
Job 29:21 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 29:21
“And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;”
Shares key themes with Job 29:21: men, gave, ear
“For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc desolation: or, astonishment”
Shares key themes with Job 29:21: men, ear, kept
“And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:21: men, gave, ear
“And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; roughly: Heb. hardly”
Shares key themes with Job 29:21: men, gave, counsel
“But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:21: men, gave, counsel
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