Job 21:5
Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In Context
4I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
6Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
Cross References
Judges 18:19and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'
Job 17:8Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
Job 29:9Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
Psalms 39:9I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou — Thou hast done [it].
Amos 5:13Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is].
Romans 11:33O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
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 →