42:23 Who among you will pay attention to this?
Who will listen attentively in the future? 1
1:2 Listen to this, you elders; 2
pay attention, 3 all inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life 4
or in the lifetime 5 of your ancestors? 6
1 tn The interrogative particle is understood in the second line by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
2 sn Elders here refers not necessarily to men advanced in years, but to leaders within the community.
3 tn Heb “give ear.”
4 tn Heb “days.” The term “days” functions here as a synecdoche for one’s lifespan.
5 tn Heb “days.”
6 tn Heb “fathers.”