Job 21:5
Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
6As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?
Job 17:8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
Job 29:9The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.
Psalms 39:9That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.
Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable 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 →