Job 21:3
Bear with me; let me speak. After I've spoken you can resume mocking me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
In Context
2“Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.
4Am I complaining against people? Of course not. Why shouldn't I be impatient?
Cross References
Job 12:4But my friends laugh at me because I called on God and he answered me: the innocent man who does right has become an object of derision.
Job 13:13Be quiet. Don't talk to me. Let me speak, come what may.
Job 16:20My friends scorn me, but my eyes pour out tears to God.
Job 27:12If all of you have recognized this, why do you talk such vain nonsense?
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 →