Job 21:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:10 : 10 They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.
  • Job 17:2 : 2 There are none but mockers with mee, & mine eye continueth in their bitternesse.
  • Job 16:20 : 20 My friends speake eloquently against me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God.
  • Job 12:4-5 : 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne. 5 Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake. 32 If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee. 33 If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 21:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?

    5Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.

  • 13Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.

  • Job 21:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,

    2Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.

  • 2Suffer me a litle, and I will instruct thee: for I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.

  • 3Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

  • 19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • 22Then call thou, and I will answere: or let me speake, and answere thou me.

  • 1Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.

  • 20Therefore will I speake, that I may take breath: I will open my lippes, and will answere.

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.

    32If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.

  • 3But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.

  • 2There are none but mockers with mee, & mine eye continueth in their bitternesse.

  • 4Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, & declare thou vnto me.

  • 20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • 5But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

  • Job 16:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?

    4I could also speake as yee doe: (but woulde God your soule were in my soules stead) I could keepe you company in speaking, and could shake mine head at you,

  • 10Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

  • 3I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.

  • 11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

  • 2And Iob cryed out, and sayd,

  • Job 23:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.

    4I would pleade the cause before him, & fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, & would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

  • 26I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.

  • 4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.

  • Job 10:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, & wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule.

    2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

  • 6Nowe heare my disputation, and giue eare to the arguments of my lips.

  • Job 16:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20My friends speake eloquently against me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God.

    21Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!

  • 1Bvt Iob answered and sayd,

  • 35Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,

  • 34Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.

  • Job 19:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Bvt Iob answered, and said,

    2Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?

  • 7All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

  • 1I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.

  • 10Therefore I say, Heare me, and I will shew also mine opinion.

  • 17Then answered I in my turne, and I shewed mine opinion.

  • 7There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

  • 3(39:36) Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,

  • 2When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.

  • 23Hearken ye, and heare my voyce: hearken ye, and heare my speach.

  • 5If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.

  • 9Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?

  • 20Shall it be told him when I speake? Or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?