Job 21:5
Look at me, and be astonished, 1 and lay your yad upon your peh (mouth). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 adam (mortals)? 1 Or why should my ruach not become impatient? 1
6Even when I remember I am afraid, 1 and trembling taketh hold on my basar. 1
Cross References
Judges 18:19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine yad upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us an av and a kohen; is it better for thee to be a kohen unto the bais ish echad, or that thou be a kohen unto a shevet and a mishpakhat in Yisroel?
Job 17:8Yesharim shall be appalled at this 1 and the naki (pure, innocent) shall stir up himself against the chanef (profane, irreligious). 1
Job 29:9The sarim (nobles) refrained from talking, 1 and laid their hand on their mouth. 1
Psalms 39:9Save me from all my peysha'im; 1 make me not the reproach of the foolish. 1
Amos 5:13Therefore the maskil (prudent) shall keep silence in such times; 1 for it is an evil time. 1
Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches and the chochmah (wisdom) and da'as (knowledge) of Hashem. How unfathomable are His mishpatim and unsearchable 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 →