“ Marka me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. ”
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...
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 sil...
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...
lay your hand, &c. . token of having no answer.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Mark me, and be astonished - Consider and compare the state in which I was once, with that in which I am now; and be astonished at t...
Mark me, and be admonished, &c.— The coldest reader cannot be insensible of the beauties of the poetry in this speech of Job. We will not, therefore, attempt to point them out, but attend to th...
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Lay ... hand upon ... mouth - ( Proverbs 30:32 ; Judges 18:19 ). So the pagan god of silence was pictured with his hand on his...
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...
(4) As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? (5) Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. (6) Even when I remember I am afraid...
Mark me ,.... Or "look at me" n; not at his person, which was no lovely sight to behold, being covered with boils from head to foot, his flesh clothed with worms and clods of dust, his skin broken,...
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth. Ver. 5. Mark me, and be astonied ] Heb. Look upon me. He had said before, Hear and hear, now, Behold and see if there be any sorr...
Mark me, and be astonished Consider what I am about to say, concerning the wonderful prosperity of the worst of men, and the pressures of some good men; and it will fill you with astonishment at th...
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...
Consider what I am about to say concerning the wonderful prosperity of the worst of men, and the intolerable pressures of some good men, such as I have manifested and shall prove that I am, and it is...
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
Amos 5:13 ; Job 17:8 ; Job 19:20 ; Job 19:21 ; Job 2:12 ; Job 29:9 ; Job 40:4 ; Judges 18:19 ; Micah 7:16 ; Proverbs 30:32 ; Psalms 39:9 ; Romans 11:33
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, &c. — Be silent.