Job 21:3
Bear with me, and I speak, || And after my speaking—you may deride.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
In Context
2“Hear my word diligently, || And this is your consolation.
4[Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
Cross References
Job 12:4I am a laughter to his friend: He calls to God, and He answers him, || A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.
Job 13:13Keep silent from me, and I speak, || And pass over me what will.
Job 16:20My interpreter [is] my friend, || My eye has dropped to God;
Job 27:12Behold, you—all of you—have seen, || And why [is] this—you are altogether vain?
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 →