Job 21:3
Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
In Context
2Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.
4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Cross References
Job 12:4I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Job 13:13Be quiet. Let me alone that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Job 16:20My friends scoff at me. My eye pours out tears to God
Job 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →