Bible verse
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Job 21:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 21.
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
KJV
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
ASV
Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
ERV
Suffer me, and I also will speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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