Job 8:21
Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
In Context
20God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.
Nehemiah 12:43They appointed also in that day men over the storehouses of the treasure, for the libations, and for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, that the rulers of the city might bring them in by them in honour of thanksgiving, for the priests and Levites: for Juda was joyful in the priests and Levites that assisted.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.
Psalms 100:1A psalm of praise.
Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh.
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 →