Berean Standard Bible
Job 21:3
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
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: 2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me. Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking. 4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient? 5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over 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 13:13Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
- Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
- Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
- Job 13:9Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
- Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
- Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
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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