Job 21:5
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
- KJV
- Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- WEB
- Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
- ASV
- Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
- DARBY
- Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
- BLB
- Turn to me and be appalled, and put a hand over [your] mouth.
- ÅB
- Vend dere til meg og bli forferdet og legg hånd på munn!
- OTB
- Se på meg og bli forundret;
legg hånden over munnen. - B1930
- Vend eder til mig og bli forferdet og legg hånd på munn!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Read in contextJob 29:9
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Read in contextJudges 18:19
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
Read in contextProverbs 30:32
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
Read in contextJob 19:20–21
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Read in contextAmos 5:13
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Read in contextRomans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Read in contextPsalms 39:9
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
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