Job 8:21
He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
In Context
20“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Cross References
Genesis 21:6Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
Nehemiah 12:43They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
Psalms 100:1Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
Psalms 126:6He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:21-22
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. Bildad here, in the close of his discourse, sums up what he has to say in a few words, setting before Job life and death, the blessing and the curse, assuring him that as he was so he should fare, and therefore they might conclude that as he fared so… Read the whole commentary →