Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, 1 And lay your hand upon your mouth. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
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? 1 And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 1
6Even when I remember I am afraid, 1 And trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 1
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Job 17:8Upright men shall be astonied at this, 1 And the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 1
Job 29:9The princes refrained talking, 1 And laid their hand on their mouth. 1
Psalms 39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; 1 Because thou didst it. 1
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; 1 For it is an evil time. 1
Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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 →