Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Holman Bible
I place my hand over my mouth.
International Standard Version
"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.
American Standard Version
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Amplified
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
Darby Translation
Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I was vile; what shall I turn back to thee? I put my hand to my mouth.
King James 2000
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.
NET Bible
"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
New Heart English Bible
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Webster
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
World English Bible
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
Interlinear
Qalal
Shuwb
Suwm
Yad
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Job 40:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am The Lord All-Powerful
3 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: - 4 Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth: 5 Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
Cross References
Job 29:9
Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;
Job 21:5
Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!
Job 42:6
For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.
Judges 18:19
And they said unto him - Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest, - is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?
Ezra 9:6
and said, O my God, I turn pale and am ashamed, to lift up, O my God, my face unto thee, - for, our iniquities, have multiplied above the head, and our guilt hath magnified itself unto the heavens.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham responded and said, - Behold I pray thee I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though I am dust and ashes:
Genesis 32:10
I am too small for all the lovingkindnesses and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant, - For with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps.
2 Samuel 24:10
And the heart of David smote him, after he had reckoned up the people, - and David said unto Yahweh - I have sinned greatly, in what I have done, Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.
1 Kings 19:4
But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day's journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub, - and asked for his life, that he might die, and said - Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers.
Ezra 9:15
O Yahweh, God of Israel, righteous thou art, for we have had left us a deliverance as at this day, - here we are, before thee, in our guilty deeds, for there is no standing before thee, because of this thing!
Nehemiah 9:33
But, thou, art righteous, as to all that hath fallen upon us, - for, faithfulness, hast thou wrought, whereas, we, have been lawless;
Job 9:31-35
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
Job 16:21
That one might plead, for a man, with GOD, - Even a son of man, for his friend!
Job 23:4-7
I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments;
Job 31:37
The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.
Psalm 39:9
I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, thou, hast done it.
Psalm 51:4-5
Against thee - against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness - in thine eyes, have I done, - That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest, - Be clear when thou judgest.
Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, - if thou hast plotted evil, put thy hand to thy mouth!
Isaiah 6:5
Then said I - Woe to me! - for I am undone, Because a man of unclean lips, am, I, And in the midst of a people of unclean lips, do I dwell, - For the King. Yahweh of hosts, have mine eyes seen!
Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man - to his way, had we burned, - And Yahweh! caused to light upon him The guilt of, us all!
Isaiah 64:6
But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings, - And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;
Daniel 9:5
We have sinned and committed iniquity, and been guilty of lawlessness and been rebellious, - even departing from thy commandments, and from thy regulations;
Daniel 9:7
To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day, - to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee.
Micah 7:16
Nations, shall see, that they may turn pale at all their valour, - they shall lay hand on mouth, their ears, shall be silent:
Habakkuk 2:20
Howbeit, Yahweh, is in his holy temple, - Hush before him, all the earth.
Zechariah 2:13
Hush! all flesh, before Yahweh, - For he hath roused himself up out of his holy dwelling.
Luke 5:8
And Simon, beholding, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying - Depart from me! Because, a sinful man, am I, O Lord!
Luke 15:18-19
I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him - Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:
Luke 18:13
But, the tax-collector, afar off, standing, - would not so much as lift up, his eyes, unto heaven, but kept smiting his own breast saying - O God! be propitiated unto me, the sinner!
1 Timothy 1:15
Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy, - that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I; -