Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 9 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking--ye may deride.
Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
Cross References
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves …
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that …
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man …