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

1Then Job replied. This is what he said: 2‘Listen carefully to the things that I am saying. You can only help me if you do that. Be patient with me so that I can speak. After you have heard what I say, you may choose to laugh at me. 4It is not people that I want to argue with. So I have good reason to be upset. 5When you look at me, you should be upset. You should cover your mouth with your hand.

Job 21:3 word by word

שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sufferנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• me that I may speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• mock onלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932

Cross-references for Job 21:3

• Job 13:13So be quiet now and let me speak. Then we will see what happens to me.
• Job 33:31Job, listen carefully to me. Be quiet, and I will speak to you.
• Job 12:4I am a person who prayed to God and he answered me. But my friends now laugh at me. I have always lived completely in the right way. But still my friends laugh at me.
• Job 13:9If God asks you questions, would he find that you speak the truth? Or would you try to deceive him, as you deceive other people?
• Job 16:10People insult me and they laugh at me. They hit me on my face. They all join together to attack me.
• Job 17:2All around me, people are laughing at me. I have to watch them as they insult me.

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