God’s Word Translation
Job 21:6
6When I remember it, I’m terrified, and shuddering seizes my body.
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
4Am I complaining about a person? Why shouldn’t I be impatient? 5Look at me, and be shocked, and put ⌞your⌟ hand over ⌞your⌟ mouth. When I remember it, I’m terrified, and shuddering seizes my body. 7“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, and even become more powerful? 8They see their children firmly established with them, and they get to see their descendants.
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 77:3I sigh as I remember God. I begin to lose hope as I think about him. Selah
- Psalms 88:15Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
- Psalms 119:120My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
- Lamentations 3:19Remember my suffering and my ⌞aimless⌟ wandering, the wormwood and poison.
- Habakkuk 3:16I have heard, so there’s trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack 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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