211 Then Job answered, 2 “Listen diligently to my speech.
Let this be your consolation. 3 Allow me, and I also will speak;
After I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man?
Why shouldn’t I be impatient? 5 Look at me, and be astonished.
Lay your hand on your mouth. 6 When I remember, I am troubled.
Horror takes hold of my flesh.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:1-6
Commentary on Job 21:1-6
(Read Job 21:1-6)
Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.