Job 21:5
Look upon me, and wonder, 1 Laying your hand upon your cheek. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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? 1 And why should I not be angry? 1
6For even when I remember, I am alarmed, 1 And pains seize my flesh. 1
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said to him, Be silent, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee 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; 1 And let the just rise up against the transgressor. 1
Job 29:9And the great men ceased speaking, 1 And laid their finger on their mouth. 1
Psalms 39:9I desired to do thy will, O my God, 1 And thy law in the midst of my heart. 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 →