Reference
Job 21:5
“Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.”
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Related Verses
Job 29:9
“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.”
Job 37:14
“Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.”
Job 33:31
“Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.”
Job 32:15
“They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.”