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

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I will

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Bible References

Behold

Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.

And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant -- for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, 'I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, 'Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers.'

and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

and Thou art righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

we have sinned, and done perversely, and done wickedly, and rebelled, to turn aside from Thy commands, and from Thy judgments:

And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, 'Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;'

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;

What

Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.

The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

I will

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

Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.

And Jehovah is in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

Hush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'

General references

And he saith, 'Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, 'I do it not, if I find there thirty.'

and if in its place the bright spot stay -- it hath not spread -- it is an inflammation of the ulcer; and the priest hath pronounced him clean.

And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

According to your knowledge I have known -- also I. I am not fallen more than you.

For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.