Job 21:5
Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
6Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'
Job 17:8Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
Job 29:9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
Psalms 39:9(39-10) I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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 →