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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, And your lips with joyful shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so, he will make you happy and give you something to smile about. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with happy shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will let you laugh and shout again, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />While He fills your mouth with laughter, "" And your lips with shouting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with shouts of joy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Once more will he fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with rejoicing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouts of joy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Until he fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Until your mouth will be filled with laughter and your lips with a song<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/8-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1275" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/8.htm">Bildad: Job Should Repent</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">He will yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">fill your mouth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: yə·mal·lêh (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/7814.htm" title="7814: śə·ḥō·wq (N-ms) -- Laughter, derision, sport. Or schoq; from sachaq; laughter.">laughter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: ū·śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fdc:: 2ms) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">and your lips</a> <a href="/hebrew/8643.htm" title="8643: ṯə·rū·‘āh (N-fs) -- From ruwa'; clamor, i.e. Acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum.">with a shout of joy.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2</a></span><br />Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-12.htm">Psalm 37:12-13</a></span><br />The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them, / but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-13.htm">Proverbs 15:13</a></span><br />A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a></span><br />Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11</a></span><br />You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a></span><br />to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-19.htm">Psalm 34:19</a></span><br />Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-1.htm">Psalm 126:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a></span><br />You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-27.htm">Psalm 35:27</a></span><br />May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-28.htm">Proverbs 10:28</a></span><br />The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a></span><br />So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Matthew 5:4</a></span><br />Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20</a></span><br />Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-22.htm">John 16:22</a></span><br />So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.</p><p class="hdg">he fill</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-6.htm">Genesis 21:6</a></b></br> And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, <i>so that</i> all that hear will laugh with me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2,6</a></b></br> Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/6-21.htm">Luke 6:21</a></b></br> Blessed <i>are ye</i> that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed <i>are ye</i> that weep now: for ye shall laugh.</p><p class="hdg">rejoicing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/3-11.htm">Ezra 3:11-13</a></b></br> And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because <i>he is</i> good, for his mercy <i>endureth</i> for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/12-43.htm">Nehemiah 12:43</a></b></br> Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/32-11.htm">Psalm 32:11</a></b></br> Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all <i>ye that are</i> upright in heart.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/3-24.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-18.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-4.htm">Filleth</a> <a href="/job/8-16.htm">Full</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Laughter</a> <a href="/job/8-2.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/esther/9-19.htm">Rejoicing</a> <a href="/ezra/3-13.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/ezra/3-13.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Whilst</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/24-12.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Filleth</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/job/9-25.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Laughter</a> <a href="/job/9-20.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/39-21.htm">Rejoicing</a> <a href="/job/39-7.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/job/33-26.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/job/9-3.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/32-11.htm">Whilst</a><div class="vheading2">Job 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-1.htm">Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-8.htm">He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-20.htm">He applies God's just dealing to Job.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He will yet fill your mouth with laughter</b><br>This phrase suggests a future restoration and blessing, indicating that God has the power to transform sorrow into joy. In the context of the Book of Job, Bildad is speaking to Job, suggesting that if Job repents, God will restore his fortunes. The idea of laughter as a sign of divine blessing is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/genesis/21-6.htm">Genesis 21:6</a>, where Sarah laughs upon the birth of Isaac, a fulfillment of God's promise. Laughter here symbolizes a return to a state of well-being and divine favor, contrasting with Job's current suffering.<p><b>and your lips with a shout of joy</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes vocal expressions of happiness and triumph. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, public expressions of joy were often associated with celebrations of victory or deliverance. The shout of joy can be seen as a communal expression, reflecting not only personal restoration but also a testimony to others of God's faithfulness. This connects with <a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2</a>, where the return from exile is marked by mouths filled with laughter and tongues with songs of joy, highlighting God's redemptive power. Theologically, this anticipates the ultimate joy found in Christ, who brings eternal restoration and joy to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who visit him to offer counsel. Bildad speaks in <a href="/bsb/job/8.htm">Job 8</a>, attempting to explain Job's suffering through traditional wisdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's testing and ultimately restores him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that Job is faithful only because of his prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise_of_restoration.htm">God's Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>Despite current suffering, God promises to restore joy and laughter. Trust in His timing and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Friends in Suffering</a></b><br>Bildad's counsel, though well-intentioned, was based on incomplete understanding. Be cautious in offering advice; seek to comfort and support rather than judge.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>Like Job, believers are called to endure suffering with faith, trusting that God will ultimately bring joy and vindication.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/joy_as_a_gift_from_god.htm">Joy as a Gift from God</a></b><br>True joy and laughter are gifts from God, often following periods of trial. Seek joy in God's presence and promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_character.htm">Hope in God's Character</a></b><br>God's nature is compassionate and merciful. Even when circumstances are bleak, hope in His unchanging character.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_humorous.htm">Is God humorous?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_eternal_rewards_does_the_bible_promise.htm">Does laughter bring joy to the heart?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_bildad's_claim_with_innocent_suffering.htm">How can Bildad's claim that God never rejects the blameless (Job 8:20-22) be reconciled with instances of innocent suffering in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_1_3_align_with_believers'_hardships.htm">How does Psalm 1:3, which promises the righteous will prosper, align with the observable reality that many devout believers still suffer hardships?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">Till he fill thy mouth with laughing.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">he will yet fill thy mouth with laughter</span>--<span class= "ital">afflicted though thou hast been, thou shalt again rejoice. </span>The attitude of Bildad is one of unsympathetic selfishness. He wishes to think well of his friend because he is <span class= "ital">his </span>friend, but he cannot reconcile his afflicted condition with any theory of righteous government, and therefore is driven to <span class= "ital">suspect </span>that all is not right with him, though he feels warranted in promising him that if he casts away that secret sin all shall yet be well with him. We may say that if the contrast here indicated is not intended by the speaker, then we must consider the "he" of <a href="/job/8-16.htm" title="He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.">Job 8:16</a> the person before spoken of, and must understand his luxuriance of a merely apparent luxuriance; but then in that case one is at a loss to see why the "he," of <a href="/job/8-16.htm" title="He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.">Job 8:16</a> should be emphasised as it is in the Hebrew.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing</span>. This is very elliptical. The full phrase would be, "God will not cast away a perfect man; therefore, if thou be such, he will not cast away thee, till he fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing," or "with shouting for joy." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/8-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He will yet</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fill your mouth</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(pî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמַלֵּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mal·lêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">laughter,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂח֣וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(śə·ḥō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7814.htm">Strong's 7814: </a> </span><span class="str2">Laughter, derision, sport</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your lips</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a shout of joy.</span><br /><span class="heb">תְרוּעָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·rū·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8643.htm">Strong's 8643: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clamor, acclamation of joy, a battle-cry, clangor, of trumpets, as an alarum</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/8-21.htm">Job 8:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/8-21.htm">OT Poetry: Job 8:21 He will still fill your mouth (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/8-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 8:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 8:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/8-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 8:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 8:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>