Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
6Even when I remember, I am troubled, and horror takes hold on my flesh.
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
Job 17:8Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the profane.
Job 29:9The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Psalms 39:9I was mute. I opened not my mouth, because thou did it.
Amos 5:13Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Romans 11:33O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!
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 →