Job 40:4

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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 despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."

Then Abraham answered and said, "Look, please, I was bold to speak to my Lord, but I [am] dust and ashes.

{I am not worthy} of all the loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant, for with [only] my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

The heart of David struck him after he had counted the people, and David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done! So then, O Yahweh, please forgive the guilt of your servant because I have acted very foolishly."

Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

and said, "My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God. For our sins have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.

You are righteous in everything that has come on us, for you dealt faithfully, and we have acted wickedly.

Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.

And I said, "Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I [am] a man {of unclean lips}, and I [am] living among a people {of unclean lips}, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!"

All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahweh let fall on him the iniquity of us all.

And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.

we have sinned and we have done wrong and we acted wickedly and we rebelled and [have been] turning aside from your commandments and from your ordinances.

And [when he] saw [it], Simon Peter fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, Lord, because I am {a sinful man}!"

I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}!

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

The saying [is] trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

What

then you plunge me into the [slime] pit, and my clothes abhor me.

and it argues for a mortal with God, and [as] {a human} for his friend.

I would lay [my] case {before him}, and I would fill my mouth [with] arguments

I would give him an account of my steps; I would approach him like a noble.

I will

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

Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.

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

I am mute. I do not open my mouth, for you, yourself, have done [it].

If you have been foolish by exalting yourself, and if you have devised evil, [put your] hand to [your] mouth.

The nations will see and be ashamed because of all their might. They will lay [the] hand on [the] mouth; their ears will be deaf.

But Yahweh [is] in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."

Be silent, {all people}, before Yahweh, for he is roused from {his holy dwelling}."

General references

And he said, "Please, let not my Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if thirty be found there?" And he answered, "I will not do [it] if I find thirty there."

But if the spot has stayed [unchanged], it has not spread, it [is] the skin sore's scar, so the priest shall declare him clean.

But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,

{What you know}, I myself also know-- I [am] not more inferior than you.

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

I am mute. I do not open my mouth, for you, yourself, have done [it].