Job 21:6
Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
In Context
5Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
Cross References
Psalms 77:3(77-4) When I think thereon, O God, I must moan; when I muse thereon, my spirit fainteth. Selah
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.
Lamentations 3:20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
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 →