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Job 21:5

Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Even when I remember,.... Either the iniquities of his youth he was made to possess; or his former state of outward happiness and prosperity he had enjoyed, and reviewed his present miserable case and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark me - Margin, “look unto.” Literally, “Look upon me. That is, attentively look on me, on my sufferings, on my disease, and my losses. See if I am a proper object of repreach and mockery - see if I…

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

The mystery which he will lay before them if they will mark it will strike them dumb. To "lay the hand upon the mouth" is a gesture of awe-struck silence, cf. ch. Job 40:4.