| Job 21:5 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Look at me, and be shocked, and put your hand over your mouth.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| ASV: | Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| BBE: | Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth. |
| DBY: | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth. |
| ERV: | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| JPS: | Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| WBS: | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| WEB: | Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth. |
| YLT: | Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. |
| Job 21:5 Cross References |
| XREF: | Judges 18:19 They said to him, "Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"
Job 13:5 "O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
Job 29:9 "The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;
Job 40:4 "Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] {c} mouth.
(c) He charges them as though they were not able to comprehend his feeling of God's judgment, and exhorts them therefore to silence. |
| WES: | 21:5 Mark - Consider what I am about to say concerning the prosperity of the worst of men, and the pressures of some good men, and it is able to fill you with astonishment. Lay, and c. - Be silent. |
| MHC: | 21:1-6 Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder. |
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