Job 8:21
While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
In Context
20Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
22Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!
Cross References
Genesis 21:6and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'
Nehemiah 12:43and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard — unto a distance.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!
Psalms 100:1A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth.
Psalms 126:6Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!
Luke 6:21'Happy those hungering now — because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now — because ye shall 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 →