Job 21:5
Look at me and be astonished, 1 and lay your hand upon your mouth. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 a person? 1 Why should I not be impatient? 1
6When I think about my sufferings, I am terrified, 1 and trembling seizes my body. 1
Cross References
Judges 18:19They said to him, “Be quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel?”
Job 17:8Upright men will be stunned by this; 1 the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men. 1
Job 29:9The princes used to refrain from talking when I came; 1 they would lay their hand on their mouths. 1
Psalms 39:9I am silent and cannot open my mouth, 1 because it is you who has done it. 1
Amos 5:13Therefore any prudent person is silent at such a time, 1 for it is an evil time. 1
Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond discovering! 1
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 →