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Job 8:21
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].
Job 8:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
- New International Version (NIV)He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.
Context of Job 8:21
19Behold, this is the joy of His way; And from out of the dust others will spring up and grow [to take his place]. 20Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless]. 22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”
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עַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:21
- Genesis 21:6Sarah said, “God has made me laugh; all who hear [about our good news] will laugh with me.”
- Psalms 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
- Luke 6:21Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are you who hunger now [for righteousness, actively seeking right standing with God], for you will be [completely] satisfied. Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are you who weep now [over your sins and repent], for you will laugh [when the burden of sin is lifted].
- Ezra 3:11They sang [responsively], praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness (mercy) toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
- Nehemiah 12:43Also on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy; the women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from far away.
- Psalms 32:11Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him]; Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
- Psalms 98:4Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Shout [in jubilation] and sing for joy and sing praises.
- Psalms 100:1Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore, the Lord God says this, “Listen carefully, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry; Indeed, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; Indeed, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Commentaries on Job 8:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing - Perhaps it may be well to translate after Mr. Good "Even yet may he fill thy mouth with laughter!" The two verses may be read as a prayer; and probably they were thus expressed by Bildad, who speaks with less virulence than his predecessor, though with equal positiveness in respect to the grand charge, viz., If thou wert not a sinner of no mean magnitude, God would not have inflicted such unprecedented calamities…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing - Until he make thee completely happy. The word rendered “till” (עד ‛ad ), is rendered by Dr. Good, “even yet.” Noyes, following Houbigant, DeWette, and Michaelis, proposes to change the pointing, and to read עד ‛ôd instead of עד ‛ad - meaning, “while.” The verse is connected with that which follows, and the particle used here evidently means “while,” or “even yet” - and the whole passage means, “if you return to God…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-22Verses 20-22 Bildad here assures Job, that as he was so he should fare; therefore they concluded, that as he fared so he was. God will not cast away an upright man; he may be cast down for a time, but he shall not be cast away for ever. Sin brings ruin on persons and families. Yet to argue, that Job was an ungodly, wicked man, was unjust and uncharitable. The mistake in these reasonings arose from Job's friends not distinguishing between the present state…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Till--literally, "to the point that"; God's blessing on thee, when repentant, will go on increasing to the point that, or until, &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- 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
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