Job 21:5
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
World English Bible British
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 man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
6When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
Cross References
Judges 18:19They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
Job 17:8Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
Job 29:9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Psalms 39:9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Romans 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past tracing out!
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 →