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 answered, 2“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation. Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock. 4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? 5Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth.

Job 21:3 word by word

שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃Read the interlinear

• Bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• with me that I may speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• Then afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• mockלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932

Cross-references for Job 21:3

• Job 13:13“Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.
• Job 33:31Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.
• Job 12:4I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke.
• Job 13:9Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
• Job 16:10They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
• Job 17:2Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on 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