New Living Translation
Job 8:21
21He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
Job 8:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
- New International Version (NIV)He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.
Context of Job 8:21
19That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it. 20“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked. He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. 22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”
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עַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:21
- Genesis 21:6And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me.
- Psalms 126:2We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”
- Luke 6:21God blesses you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. God blesses you who weep now, for in due time you will laugh.
- Ezra 3:11With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the Lord: “He is so good! His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” Then all the people gave a great shout, praising the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s Temple had been laid.
- Nehemiah 12:43Many sacrifices were offered on that joyous day, for God had given the people cause for great joy. The women and children also participated in the celebration, and the joy of the people of Jerusalem could be heard far away.
- Psalms 32:11So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!
- Psalms 98:4Shout to the Lord, all the earth; break out in praise and sing for joy!
- Psalms 100:1Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will starve. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed.
Commentaries on Job 8:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing - Perhaps it may be well to translate after Mr. Good "Even yet may he fill thy mouth with laughter!" The two verses may be read as a prayer; and probably they were thus expressed by Bildad, who speaks with less virulence than his predecessor, though with equal positiveness in respect to the grand charge, viz., If thou wert not a sinner of no mean magnitude, God would not have inflicted such unprecedented calamities…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing - Until he make thee completely happy. The word rendered “till” (עד ‛ad ), is rendered by Dr. Good, “even yet.” Noyes, following Houbigant, DeWette, and Michaelis, proposes to change the pointing, and to read עד ‛ôd instead of עד ‛ad - meaning, “while.” The verse is connected with that which follows, and the particle used here evidently means “while,” or “even yet” - and the whole passage means, “if you return to God…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-22Verses 20-22 Bildad here assures Job, that as he was so he should fare; therefore they concluded, that as he fared so he was. God will not cast away an upright man; he may be cast down for a time, but he shall not be cast away for ever. Sin brings ruin on persons and families. Yet to argue, that Job was an ungodly, wicked man, was unjust and uncharitable. The mistake in these reasonings arose from Job's friends not distinguishing between the present state…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Till--literally, "to the point that"; God's blessing on thee, when repentant, will go on increasing to the point that, or until, &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- 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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