Job 21:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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 the judgments and dispensations of God. You will then be confounded; you will put your hands upon your mouths, and keep silent. Putting the hand on the mouth, or the finger on the lips, was the token of silence. The Egyptian god Harpocrates, who was the god of silence, is represented with his finger compressing his upper lip.

Job 21:5

5 Marka me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.