Job's request to be heard 21:1-6 - Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

Resource > Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable) > Job > Exposition > II. THE DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP 3:1--42:6 > C. The Second Cycle of Speeches between Job and His Three Friends chs. 15-21 > 6. Job's second reply to Zophar ch. 21 > Job's request to be heard 21:1-6

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The best consolation his friends could have provided was to listen quietly to Job's reply. Consequently Job requested this (v. 2). He reminded his companions that his complaint was with God, not people. He was impatient because God would not reply.