Job 21:3
Suffer ye me, that I speak; and laugh ye after my words, if it shall seem to you worthy to do so. (Allow ye me, that I speak; and then laugh ye after my words, if it shall seem worthy for you to do so.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
In Context
2I pray you, hear ye my words, and do ye penance.
Cross References
Job 12:4He that is scorned of his friend, as I am, shall inwardly call (upon) God, and God shall hear him; for the simpleness of a just man is scorned (or for the innocence, or the integrity, of the righteous is scorned).
Job 13:13Be ye still a little, that I speak (or so that I can speak), whatever thing my mind hath showed to me.
Job 16:20O! my friends, full of words; mine eye droppeth (out tears) to God.
Job 27:12Lo! all ye know (them), and what then speak ye vain things without cause? (Behold! ye all know them, so why (then) do ye speak vain, (or empty), things without any reason?)
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 →