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 Living Translation (NLT)Bear with me, and let me speak. After I have spoken, you may resume mocking me.

Context of Job 21:3

1Then Job answered and said: 2“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation. Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking. 4“As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient? 5Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

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 13:13“Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!
• Job 33:31“Give ear, Job, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will speak.
• Job 12:4“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
• Job 13:9Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
• Job 16:10They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
• Job 17:2Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell 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