Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 21:5 in other translations
| BSB | Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. |
| DARBY | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth. |
| BBE | Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth. |
| Webster | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
What does Job 21:5 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 21:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:5
- Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
- Judges 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?
- Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
- Job 19:20-21
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
- Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- Romans 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!
- Psalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
- Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Job 17:8
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
- Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
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Context
- Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
- Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Job 21:6
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Job 21:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Miradme, y espantaos, y poned la mano sobre la boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tournez-vous vers moi, et soyez étonnés, et mettez la main sur la bouche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wendet euch zu mir und entsetzet euch, und leget die Hand auf den Mund! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro. |