Job 21:6

Job 21:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
• New International Version (NIV)When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.

Context of Job 21:6

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. Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid; Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh. 7Why do the wicked still live, Become old, and become mighty in power? 8Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

Job 21:6 word by word

וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even when I rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• I am afraidבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• and tremblingפַּלָּצוּתpallâtsûth · shudderingH6427
• taketh hold onאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270
• my fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320

Cross-references for Job 21:6

• Psalms 77:3I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan; I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
• Psalms 88:15I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You, And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.
• Lamentations 3:19Remember [O Lord] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).
• Habakkuk 3:16I heard and my whole inner self trembled; My lips quivered at the sound. Decay and rottenness enter my bones, And I tremble in my place. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade and attack us.

Commentaries on Job 21:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Even when I remember, I am afraid - I have an internal shuddering and horror when I recall the scenes through which I have passed. I am myself utterly overwhelmed at the magnitude of my own sufferings, and they are such as should excite commiseration in your hearts. Some, however, have connected this with the following verse, supposing the idea to be, that he was horror-stricken when he contemplated the prosperity of wicked people. But there seems to me…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6When I think about what I am saying: Job felt upset about his horrible task of complaining against God and talking about his terrors (13:3, 15–16, 22; 23:1–5; 6:4; 27:20; 30:15). my body trembles: This reaction is similar to that of the prophets Habakkuk, Ezekiel, and Daniel (Habakkuk 1:5; 3:16; Ezekiel 3:14; Daniel 8:27; 10:8–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. 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].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Horror
• horror, horrible, object of horror

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