約伯記 21:3

3 請 寬 容 我 ， 我 又 要 說 話 ； 說 了 以 後 ， 任 憑 你 們 嗤 笑 罷 ！

約伯記 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

Job 21:3

Suffer me that I may speak
To go on with his discourse, without any interruption, until he had finished it; as he before craves their attention, here he entreats their patience to hear him out, as well as to give him leave to begin; they might by their gestures seem as if they were breaking up and departing; or they raised a tumultuous clamour, to hinder his proceeding to reply; or he might fear, that if he was allowed to speak, they would break in upon him before he had done, as they had already; or "bear me", as several of the Jewish commentators explain the phrase; though what he was going to say might sit heavy upon their minds, and be very burdensome, grating, and uneasy to them; yet he entreats they would endure it patiently, until he had made an end of speaking:

and after that I have spoken, mock on;
as they had already, ( Job 12:4 ) ( 17:2 ) ; they had mocked not at his troubles and afflictions, but at his words and arguments in vindication of his innocence; and now all he entreats of them is, that they would admit him to speak once more, and to finish his discourse; and then if they thought fit, or if they could, to go on with their scoffs and derisions of him; if he could but obtain this favour, he should be easy, he should not regard their mockings, but bear them patiently; and he seems to intimate, that he thought he should be able to say such things to them, that would spoil their mocking, and prevent it for the future; so the Greek version renders it, "thou shalt not laugh"; and the words being singular have led many to think, that Zophar, who spoke last, is particularly intended, though it may respect everyone of his friends.

約伯記 21:3 In-Context

1 約 伯 回 答 說 ：

2 你 們 要 細 聽 我 的 言 語 ， 就 算 是 你 們 安 慰 我 。

3 請 寬 容 我 ， 我 又 要 說 話 ； 說 了 以 後 ， 任 憑 你 們 嗤 笑 罷 ！

4 我 豈 是 向 人 訴 冤 ？ 為 何 不 焦 急 呢 ？

5 你 們 要 看 著 我 而 驚 奇 ， 用 手 摀 口 。