Job 21 · Verse 6

Job 21:6

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Job 21:6, King James Version

Job 21:6 in other translations

BSBWhen I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
WEBWhen I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
ASVEven when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
YLTYea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
DARBYEven when I think thereon, I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
BBEAt the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.
WebsterEven when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

What does Job 21:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. remember--Think on it. Can you wonder that I broke out into complaints, when the struggle was not with men, but with the Almighty? Reconcile, if you can, the ceaseless woes of the innocent with the divine justice! Is it not enough to make one tremble? [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 I am afraid - I am about to speak of the mysterious workings of Providence; and I tremble at the thought of entering into a detail on such a subject; my very flesh trembles.

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.

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Job 21:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
זָכַ֥רְתִּיza.Khar.tiI remember [this]H2142
וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּיve.niv.Hal.tiand I am disturbedH926
וְאָחַ֥זve.'a.Chazand it takes hold ofH270
בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗יbe.sa.Riflesh myH1320
פַּלָּצֽוּת\׃pa.la.TzutshudderingH6427

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 21:6

  • Habakkuk 3:16

    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  • Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  • Psalms 77:3

    I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • Lamentations 3:19-20

    Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

  • Psalms 88:15

    I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Even when.
Ps 77:3; 88:15; 119:120; La 3:19,20; Hab 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 21:7

    Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

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Job 21:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aun yo mismo, cuando me acuerdo, me asombro, y toma temblor mi carne.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand je m’en souviens, je suis terrifié, et le frisson saisit ma chair:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ja, wenn ich daran denke, so bin ich bestürzt, und Schauder erfaßt mein Fleisch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.