Job 21:3 · KJV
“Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.”
— Job 21:3
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
Job 21 — Context
But Job answered and said,
2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}
Cross References
Job 17:2
{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}
Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Job 16:20
My friends scorn me: {but} mine eye poureth out {tears} unto God. {scorn me: Heb. are my scorners}
Job 33:31-33
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye {so} mock him?
Job 12:4-5
I am {as} one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright {man is} laughed to scorn.
Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what {will}. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}