“ Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. ”
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 - R...
Job 21. Job's Reply. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: th...
mock on . mock [thou] on, as if pointing to him.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 'Then you may go on with your mockings' ( Job 17:2 ).
Job's Sixth Speech Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradic...
XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1-34 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication...
“Shall Any Teach God?” Job 21:1-34 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6 , Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in a...
Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked a...
(1) В¶ But Job answered and said, (2) Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. (3) Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. The man of Uz makes another...
Suffer me that I may speak ,.... To go on with his discourse, without any interruption, until he had finished it; as he before craves their attention, here he entreats their patience to hear him out...
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. Ver. 3. Suffer me that I may speak ] Say that it be suffering to you to hear me (for now I see you have, as they write of some cr...
Hear diligently my speech If you have no other comfort to administer, at least afford me this: be so kind, so just, as to give me a patient hearing: and let this be your consolations I shall acce...
JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper....
The Reply of Job to Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently...
Suffer me that I may speak without such interruption as you have given me, Job 20:2 ; and if I do not defend my cause with solid and convincing arguments, go on in your scoffs if you please.
JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. Intr...
Job 21:2 . Consolations. נחם nicham, though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1 ; is in several places understood of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Jud...
But Job answered and said. Job’s third answer There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I....
EXPOSITION Job 21:1-18 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge...
Job Appeals for Consideration
Job 12:4 ; Job 12:5 ; Job 13:13 ; Job 13:9 ; Job 16:10 ; Job 16:20 ; Job 17:2 ; Job 33:31-33
Speak — without interruption. Mock — If I do not defend my cause with solid arguments, go on in your scoffs.