Job 8:21
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
In Context
20Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Cross References
Genesis 21:6Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
Nehemiah 12:43On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Psalms 100:1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
Psalms 126:6He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will 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 →