Job 21:5
Verse 5 of 34. The 21st of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1But Job answered and said,
2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job 21:5 in the World English Bible
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.Read Job 21:5 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 21:5
He entreats that they would hear diligently his speech (v. 2) as those that were willing to understand him, and, if they were under a mistake, to have it rectified; and that they would mark him (v. 5), for we may as well not hear as not heed and observe what we hear. 2. That which he urges for this is very reasonable. (1.) They came to comfort him.
Read Matthew Henry on Job 21:1–6: The Reply of Job to Zophar. (b. c. 1520.)
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