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Job 21:3

Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

As for me, is my complaint to man?.... Job had been complaining, and still was, and continued to do so after this, but not to them, his friends, nor any other man; his complaint was made to God, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Suffer me that I may speak - Allow me to speak without interruption, or bear with me while I freely express my sentiments - it is all that I now ask. And after that I have spoken, mock on - Resume…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 21:1-6

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

mock on This last word is sing. and seems addressed to Zophar the last speaker, whose pictures of the fate of the wicked deeply wounded Job. Having heard his account of the prosperity of the wicked,…

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