King James Version (KJV)

Job 34:16

“If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.”

Verse in context — Job 34

If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.