Job 21:6

When I think about what has happened to me, I am frightened and my entire body shakes.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

In Context

5Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths and say no more?

7“ But let me ask this: ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’

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Cross References

Psalms 77:3When I think about God, I ◄despair/think that he will never help me►; when I meditate about him, I am discouraged. (Think about that!)

Psalms 119:120I [SYN] tremble because I am afraid of you; I am afraid because you punish those who do not obey ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.

Lamentations 3:20I will never forget this time when I feel very depressed/discouraged [IDM].

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 →

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