Job 21:5
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
Cross References
Judges 18:19“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
Job 17:8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
Job 29:9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable 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 →