Job 21:5
Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry?
6For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh.
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said to him, Be silent, lay your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?
Job 17:8Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
Job 29:9And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.
Psalms 39:9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; behold! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, you know my righteousness. 1
Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
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 →