King James Version

Job 42:4

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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שְֽׁמַֽעshemahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…נָ֭אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.וְאָנֹכִ֣יveanokhiand meאָנֹכִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.אֲדַבֵּ֑רadaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗eshalekhademandשָׁאַלverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “demand”, an unfinished actionH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִיvehodieniand knowיָדַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and know”, a commandH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Hear, I pray thee, and I — I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'

World English Bible

You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

Darby Translation

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

Douay-Rheims

Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄκουσον δέ μου Κύριε, ἵνα κᾀγὼ λαλήσω· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ με δίδαξον.