Job 21:5
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths and say no more?
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
6When I think about what has happened to me, I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Cross References
Judges 18:19They replied, “Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan, and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelis?” [RHQ]
Job 17:8Those who say that they are good/righteous are shocked when they see what has happened to me, and people who say that they ◄are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong► say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.
Job 29:9The leaders of the people stopped talking [DOU],
Psalms 39:9I did not say anything when you punished me, because I knew that you were the one who caused me to suffer.
Amos 5:13This is a time when many people do evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing when they hear about such things being done.
Romans 11:33I marvel how vast and great are the wise things that God has done and what he has always known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways in which he acts toward us [DOU]!
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 →