King James Version
Job 21:3 in the King James Version says “Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.”
Job 21:3 · KJV
But Job answered and said,
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? troubled: Heb. shortened?
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Mark: Heb. Look unto me
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Suffer”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“me that I may speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“and after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“me that I may speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“mock on”
H3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
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