Job 21:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Job 21:3 —

Old words in this verse

suffer: — often: allow, permit.

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Cross-References

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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 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job 16:20
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he suffered and what he said, to the compassionate consideration of his friends. 1. That which he entreats of them is very fair, that they would suffer him to speak (Job 21:3) and not break in upon him, as Zophar had done, in the midst of his discourse. Losers, of all men, may have leave to speak; and, if those that are accuse…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. literally, “Begin your mockings” (Job 17:2).