Text -- Job 13:17 (NET)

13:17 Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 13:17

¹ tn The infinitive absolute intensifies the imperative, which serves here with the force of an immediate call to attention. In accordance with GKC 342 §113.n, the construction could be translated, “Keep listening” (so ESV).

² tn The verb has to be supplied in this line, for the MT has “and my explanation in your ears.” In the verse, both “word” and “explanation” are Aramaisms (the latter appearing in Dan 5:12 for the explanation of riddles).