Job 8:21
The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
In Context
20Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
22Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
Nehemiah 12:43And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.
Psalms 100:1A Psalm of Praise. Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.
Psalms 126:6Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Luke 6:21Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:21-22
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. Bildad here, in the close of his discourse, sums up what he has to say in a few words, setting before Job life and death, the blessing and the curse, assuring him that as he was so he should fare, and therefore they might conclude that as he fared so… Read the whole commentary →