American Standard Version
Job 21:3
3Suffer me, and I also will speak;And after that I have spoken, mock on.
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, 2Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. 4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? 5Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:3 word by word
שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 21:3
- Job 13:13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
- Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.
- Job 12:4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
- Job 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
- Job 16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
- Job 17:2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their 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
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
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