Job 40:4

WEB

⁴“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

KJV

⁴Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

BSB

⁴“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

FBV

⁴“Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.

Extra References

Proverbs 30:32

³²“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Job 29:9

⁹The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Job 21:5

⁵Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

Job 42:6

⁶Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Genesis 18:27

²⁷Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

¹⁹They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

Ezra 9:6

⁶and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

Luke 5:8

⁸But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

Isaiah 6:5

⁵Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Armies!”

Luke 18:13

¹³But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’