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 despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have done to Your servant. For with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two bands.

And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done. And now, I beseech You, O Jehovah, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.

And I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God. For our iniquities have increased over our heads, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

But You are just in all that is brought upon us, for You have done right, but we have done wickedly.

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You judge.

Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

we have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your commandments and from Your judgments.

And seeing, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you

And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!

Faithful is the Word and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

What

yet You will plunge me into the ditch and my own clothes shall despise me.

Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince I would go near Him.

I will

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

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

And they said to him, Be quiet, lay your hand on your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.

The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might; they shall lay their hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

But Jehovah is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for He has risen out of His holy dwelling place.

General references

And he said, Oh let not Jehovah be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps there shall be thirty found there. And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

But if the bright spot stays in its place, not spreading, it is a burning boil. And the priest shall pronounce him clean.

But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

What you know, I know also; I do not fall short of you.

For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert?

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.