Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 21:3 in other translations
| BSB | Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking. |
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| WEB | Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on. |
| ASV | Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. |
| YLT | Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking--ye may deride. |
| DARBY | Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on! |
| BBE | Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. |
| Webster | Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on. |
What does Job 21:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:1-6
Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.
Job 21:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:3
- Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
- Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
- Job 16:20
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
- Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
- Job 12:4-5
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Job 33:31-33
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
- Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
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Context
- Job 21:2
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
- Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
- Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Job 21:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Soportadme, y yo hablaré; y después que hubiere hablado, escarneced. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Supportez-moi, et moi je parlerai, et après mes paroles, moque-toi! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ertraget mich, und ich will reden, und nachdem ich geredet habe, magst du spotten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sustinete me, et ego loquar: et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete. |