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Job 21:3

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Job 21:3

Verse 3 of 34

Scripture focus

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Job 21:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 21:3

Theological / Devotional

Suffer me. That is, permit me. There is an emphasis on the “I” of the first line. Job seems to imply that his opponents are not allowing him his fair share of the argument, an accusation that can hardly be justified. Since the dialogue opened, Job has had more to say than his comforters.

Mock on. This statement may have been specifically addressed to Zophar, whose last discourse must have grieved him particularly, and who, after the rejoinder that Job now makes, has nothing more to say.

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