Job 21:6 Meaning and Explanation
“Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Even thinking about what he is about to say fills Job with fear and makes his body tremble.
What Does Job 21:6 Mean?
Job confesses that the very subject he is about to raise unsettles him. To consider the prospering of the wicked and the silence of heaven shakes him to his bones; remembering it brings dread and physical trembling.
Job is no flippant skeptic. He approaches the hardest questions of providence with fear, not bravado. This trembling honesty is a kind of reverence: he takes God too seriously to pretend the problem away. Faith that wrestles with God's justice while shuddering at its own boldness is faith still, and it is welcome before the Lord, who does not despise the trembling heart that seeks Him in earnest.
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What does Job 21:6 mean?
Even thinking about what he is about to say fills Job with fear and makes his body tremble.