Job 21:3

WEB

³Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.

KJV

³Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

BSB

³Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

FBV

³^[+] Bear with me; let me speak. After I've spoken you can resume mocking me.

Extra References

Job 17:2

²Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

Job 16:10

¹⁰They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

Job 16:20

²⁰My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

Job 13:13

¹³“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.

Job 13:9

⁹Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

Job 12:4-5

⁴I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. ⁵In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

Job 33:31-33

³¹Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak. ³²If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you. ³³If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”