Job 40:4

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Summary

Job 40:4

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

Behold

What

I will

General references

Bible References

Behold

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord—even though I am dust and ashes—

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away Your servant’s guilt.”

but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.

Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.

Then I said:

Woe is me for I am ruined
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.

We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for the iniquity of us all.

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest

and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me

—a sinner!’

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them.

What

then You dip me in a pit of mud,
and my own clothes despise me!

I wish that someone might arbitrate
between a man and God
just as a man pleads for his friend.

I would plead my case before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would give Him an account of all my steps;
I would approach Him like a prince.

I will

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

City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.

They told him, “Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut.

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 for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.

If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.

Nations will see and be ashamed
of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.

But the Lord is in His holy temple;
let everyone on earth
be silent in His presence.

Let all people be silent before the Lord, for He is coming from His holy dwelling.”

General references

Then he said, “Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose 30 are found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find 30 there.”

But if the spot remains where it is and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil. The priest is to pronounce him clean.

But if only God would speak
and declare His case against you,

Everything you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.