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Job 21:6
6I think about what has happened to me. It makes me very afraid. My body shakes with fear.
Job 21:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
- New International Version (NIV)When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
Context of Job 21:6
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. I think about what has happened to me. It makes me very afraid. My body shakes with fear. 7Why do wicked people continue to live for a long time? The older they become, the more power they have. 8They see their own children grow and become strong. Their children also have strong families.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:6 word by word
וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 21:6
- Psalms 77:3When I think about God, I am sad and upset. I do not know if he will help me. Selah.
- Psalms 88:15Since I was young, I have been in pain. I have always been near to death. You have caused bad troubles to frighten me, so that I feel helpless.
- Psalms 119:120I respect your great strength, so that my body shakes with fear. I am afraid of the laws by which you judge people.
- Lamentations 3:19Lord, please remember all my troubles, because I am sad. Remember that I am very lonely. My troubles are like poison for me.
- Habakkuk 3:16I listened to this and I was very afraid. My lips shook with fear when I heard the sound. My bones became weak. My legs would not let me walk. But I will be patient. I will wait for the day of trouble that will come. Yes, punishment will come to the people who are attacking us.
Commentaries on Job 21:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I am afraid - I am about to speak of the mysterious workings of Providence; and I tremble at the thought of entering into a detail on such a subject; my very flesh trembles.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Even when I remember, I am afraid - I have an internal shuddering and horror when I recall the scenes through which I have passed. I am myself utterly overwhelmed at the magnitude of my own sufferings, and they are such as should excite commiseration in your hearts. Some, however, have connected this with the following verse, supposing the idea to be, that he was horror-stricken when he contemplated the prosperity of wicked people. But there seems to me…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6When I think about what I am saying: Job felt upset about his horrible task of complaining against God and talking about his terrors (13:3, 15–16, 22; 23:1–5; 6:4; 27:20; 30:15). my body trembles: This reaction is similar to that of the prophets Habakkuk, Ezekiel, and Daniel (Habakkuk 1:5; 3:16; Ezekiel 3:14; Daniel 8:27; 10:8–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. remember--Think on it. Can you wonder that I broke out into complaints, when the struggle was not with men, but with the Almighty? Reconcile, if you can, the ceaseless woes of the innocent with the divine justice! Is it not enough to make one tremble? [Umbreit].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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