Job 21:3

Job 21:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
• New International Version (NIV)Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking.

Context of Job 21:3

1Then Job answered and said, 2“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be the consolation. Bear with me, and I also will speak; And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me]. 4As for me, is my complaint to man or about him? And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled? 5Look at me and be astonished and appalled; And put your hand over your mouth.

Job 21:3 word by word

שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sufferנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• me that I may speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• mock onלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932

Cross-references for Job 21:3

• Job 13:13“Be silent before me so that I may speak; And let happen to me what may.
• Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will speak.
• Job 12:4I am a joke to my friends; I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him— A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
• Job 13:9Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
• Job 16:10They have gaped at me with their mouths, With contempt they have struck me on the cheek; They massed themselves together [and conspired] against me.
• Job 17:2Surely there are mockers and mockery with me, And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.

Commentaries on Job 21:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Suffer me that I may speak - Allow me to speak without interruption, or bear with me while I freely express my sentiments - it is all that I now ask. And after that I have spoken, mock on - Resume your reproaches, if you will, when I am done. I ask only the privilege of expressing my thoughts on a very important point, and when that is done, I will allow you to resume your remarks as you have done before, and you may utter your sentiments without…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. literally, "Begin your mockings" (Job 17:2).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Mock; Mocker; Mocking

Commentaries on Job 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings