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

1And Job answered and said, 2Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations. Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on! 4As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient? 5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.

Job 21:3 word by word

שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃Read the interlinear

• speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• mockלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932

Cross-references for Job 21:3

• Job 13:13Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
• Job 33:31Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.
• Job 12:4I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
• Job 13:9Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
• Job 16:10They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
• Job 17:2Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in 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

• 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