Job 21:5
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?
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.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty 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 vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Read in contextJob 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Read in contextJudges 18:19
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Read in contextProverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Read in contextJob 19:20–21
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Read in contextAmos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Read in contextRomans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Read in contextPsalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
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