Job 21:5
Turn to me, and be astonished, || And put hand to mouth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4[Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
6Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they say to him, “Keep silent, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be for a father and for a priest to us: is it better your being a priest for the house of one man, or your being priest for a tribe and for a family in Israel?”
Job 17:8The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.
Job 29:9Princes have kept in words, || And they place a hand on their mouth.
Psalms 39:9I have been mute, I do not open my mouth, || Because You have done [it].
Amos 5:13Therefore the wise is silent at that time, || For it [is] an evil time.
Romans 11:33O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
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 →