5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
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…
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