New International Version
Job 21:6
6When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When I think about what I am saying, I shudder. My body trembles.
Context of Job 21:6
4“Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient? 5Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth. When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body. 7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? 8They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.
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 remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.
- Psalms 88:15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
- Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
- Lamentations 3:19I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
- Habakkuk 3:16I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading 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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