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Job 40:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Job 42:6• ⁶Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:6)

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Ezra 9:6• ⁶and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens. (Ezra 9:6)

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Psa. 51:4• ⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)

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Isa. 6:5• ⁵And I said, Woe unto 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 mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 6:5)

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Isa. 64:6• ⁶And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away; (Isa. 64:6)

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Dan. 9:5,7• ⁵we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy commandments and from thine ordinances.
⁷Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee. (Dan. 9:5,7)

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Luke 18:13• ¹³And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner. (Luke 18:13)

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Job 29:9• ⁹Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth; (Job 29:9)

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Mic. 7:16• ¹⁶--The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. (Mic. 7:16)

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Zech. 2:13• ¹³Let all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up out of his holy habitation. (Zech. 2:13)

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Rom. 3:19• ¹⁹Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God. (Rom. 3:19)

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Job 42:6• ⁶Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:6)

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Gen. 18:27• ²⁷And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes. (Gen. 18:27)

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Gen. 32:10• ¹⁰--I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops. (Gen. 32:10)

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2 Sam. 24:10• ¹⁰And David's heart smote 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 thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. (2 Sam. 24:10)

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1 Kings 19:4• ⁴And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)

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Ezra 9:6,15• ⁶and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.
¹⁵Jehovah, God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for there is no standing before thee because of this. (Ezra 9:6,15)

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Neh. 9:33• ³³But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly. (Neh. 9:33)

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Psa. 51:4‑5• ⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.
⁵Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Psa. 51:4‑5)

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Isa. 6:5• ⁵And I said, Woe unto 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 mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 6:5)

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Isa. 53:6• ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all. (Isa. 53:6)

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Isa. 64:6• ⁶And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away; (Isa. 64:6)

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Dan. 9:5,7• ⁵we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy commandments and from thine ordinances.
⁷Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee. (Dan. 9:5,7)

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Luke 5:8• ⁸But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord. (Luke 5:8)

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Luke 15:18‑19• ¹⁸I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. (Luke 15:18‑19)

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Luke 18:13• ¹³And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner. (Luke 18:13)

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1 Tim. 1:15• ¹⁵Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am the first. (1 Tim. 1:15)

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Job 9:31‑35• ³¹Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
³³There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
³⁵Then I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. (Job 9:31‑35)

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Job 16:21• ²¹Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend! (Job 16:21)

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Job 23:4‑7• ⁴I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
⁵I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
⁶Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
⁷There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge. (Job 23:4‑7)

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Job 31:37• ³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him. (Job 31:37)

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Job 21:5• ⁵Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth. (Job 21:5)

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Job 29:9• ⁹Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth; (Job 29:9)

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Judg. 18:19• ¹⁹And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel? (Judg. 18:19)

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Psa. 39:9• ⁹I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done it. (Psa. 39:9)

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Prov. 30:32• ³²If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth. (Prov. 30:32)

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Mic. 7:16• ¹⁶--The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. (Mic. 7:16)

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Hab. 2:20• ²⁰But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him! (Hab. 2:20)

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Zech. 2:13• ¹³Let all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up out of his holy habitation. (Zech. 2:13)

• When Job had been brought to that, it made him speak,-instead of "laying his hand upon his mouth" (Job 40:4; 42:6). (“Hunt’s Sayings - 507” by R. Hunt)

• Many words had Job uttered: at the beginning of his sufferings, words of faith in God; even during his “crying in the night,” many beautiful and noble thoughts had fallen from his lips, but no such words as these—music in the ear of God—confession, contrition, mute acknowledgment of the whole error of his thought. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.