Job 21:3
שָׂאוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִֽיג ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
In Context
2שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי ־ זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם ׃
4הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם ־ מַדּוּעַ לֹא ־ תִקְצַר רוּחִֽי ׃
Cross References
Job 12:4שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחוֹק צַדִּיק תָּמִֽים ׃
Job 13:13הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה ־ אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה ׃
Job 16:20מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל ־ אֱלוֹהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִֽי ׃
Job 27:12הֵן ־ אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה ־ זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ ׃
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 →