Job 40:4
Bible › Job › Chapter 40 › Verse 4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
In other translations
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- Job 29:9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
- Job 21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
- Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- Ezra 9:6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Judges 18:19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
- Zechariah 2:13Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
- Genesis 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
- Psalm 39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.