Job 21:3
Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
In Context
2Hear ye patiently my words, and let this be your consolation:
4Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not be impatient?
Cross References
Job 12:4A laughing-stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock—a righteous man without blame!
Job 13:13Quietly let me alone, that, I, may speak out, then let come on me, what may.
Job 16:20And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears:—
Job 27:12Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
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 →