Job 34:2

“Hear my words, O ye wise [men], etc.] This is not an address to Job’s three friends, as some think; for Elihu had expressed his displeasure at them, in condemning Job without convicting him, and returning solid answers to him; and therefore he should not take their method of dealing with him, but take another; and plainly suggests that wisdom was not with them, nor taught by them; and therefore, as he could not give flattering titles to men, it could not well be thought that he should address them as wise and understanding men, unless indeed in an ironic way, as some choose to interpret it; (see <183203>Job 32:3,5,7,9,12,14,21,22). Rather therefore some bystanders are here spoken to, whom…”

“This chapter is addressed also to the "friends" as the thirty-third chapter to Job alone.”

“Hear my words, O ye wise men - Addressing particularly the three friends of Job. The previous chapter had been addressed to Job himself. He had stated to him his views of the design of affliction, and he had nothing to reply. He now addresses himself to his friends, with a particular view of examining some of the sentiments which Job had advanced, and of showing where he was in error. He addresses them as “wise men,” or sages, and as endowed with “knowledge,” to conciliate their attention, and because he regarded them as qualified to understand the difficult subject which he proposed to explain. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Ear - The ear, is put for the mind to which things are conveyed by it. Job 34:4”

“Pro 1:5; Co1 10:15, Co1 14:20 Job 34:3”