Job 21:3 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Please let me speak my mind; and after I'm done talking, you can go ahead and mock me all you want.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Job is asking his friends to at least hear him out before they continue ridiculing his words and beliefs.

📚 Historical Context

Job is responding to his three friends (Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar) who have been arguing that his suffering must be due to sin. They have been dismissive and condescending toward Job's protests of innocence. This verse comes as Job prepares to challenge their simplistic theology about why good people suffer.

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