Job 13:17

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

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