Job 21:5
Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged?
6As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body.
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they responded to him: “Be silent and place your finger over your mouth. And come with us, so that we may have you as a father as well as a priest. For which is better for you: to be a priest in the house of one man, or in one tribe and family in Israel?”
Job 17:8The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
Job 29:9The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.
Psalms 39:9that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Romans 11:33Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!
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 →