Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.

King James Version

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Holman Bible

Look at me and shudder;
put your hand over your mouth.

International Standard Version

Look at me, be appalled, and then shut up!

A Conservative Version

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

American Standard Version

Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

Amplified


“Look at me and be astonished and appalled;
And put your hand over your mouth.

Bible in Basic English

Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

Darby Translation

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.

Julia Smith Translation

Look to me and be astonished, and put the hand upon the mouth.

King James 2000

Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Turn to me and be appalled, and place [your] hand on [your] mouth.

Modern King James verseion

Turn to me and be amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Mark me well, and be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

NET Bible

Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!

Webster

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּנה 
Panah 
Usage: 134

me, and be astonished
שׁמם 
Shamem 
Usage: 89

and lay
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

Verse Info

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

4 As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient? 5 “Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.
6 When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.

Cross References

Judges 18:19

And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"

Job 29:9

the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;

Job 40:4

"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 2:12

And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.

Job 17:8

The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.

Job 19:20-21

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 39:9

I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Micah 7:16

The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

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