Key Verse Spotlight
Job 21:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.”
Job 21:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But Job answered and said,
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}
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