Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 21:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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Role in This Section
Job voices the appeal or command “Suffer me that I may speak” within Job Asks the Friends to Listen Before Mocking.
Read It With
- Job 21:1–21:6
Read Job 21:3 inside Job 21:1–21:6. Job voices the appeal or command “Suffer me that I may speak” within Job Asks the Friends to Listen Before Mocking. The full unit establishes: Job asks for attentive hearing as their comfort, permits mockery only after he speaks, and says the subject terrifies his own body.
Why It Needs Context
Job voices the appeal or command “Suffer me that I may speak” within Job Asks the Friends to Listen Before Mocking. Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Job 21:1–21:6; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 21:1–21:6 — Job Asks the Friends to Listen Before MockingSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 21:1–21:6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 21:1–21:6
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