Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
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.

New Heart English Bible

"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Behold, I am vile
קלל 
Qalal 
Usage: 82

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

thee I will lay
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

למו 
L@mow 
for, at, to, upon
Usage: 7

References

Fausets

Context Readings

I Am The Lord All-Powerful

3 Then Job answered the Lord: 4 "Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. 5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more."



Cross References

Job 29:9

the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

Judges 18:19

They said to him, "Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn't it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man's family?"

Ezra 9:6

I prayed, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

Genesis 32:10

I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

2 Samuel 24:10

David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."

1 Kings 19:4

while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."

Ezra 9:15

O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you."

Nehemiah 9:33

You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!

Job 9:31-35

then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

Job 16:21

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

Job 23:4-7

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 31:37

I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

Psalm 39:9

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

Psalm 51:4-5

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

Isaiah 6:5

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

Isaiah 53:6

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:5

we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

Daniel 9:7

"You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day -- the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.

Micah 7:16

Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!"

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent in the Lord's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.

Luke 5:8

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

Luke 15:18-19

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Luke 18:13

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" -- and I am the worst of them!

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