Job 21:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.”

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BSBPD

“Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 21:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 18:19“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
  2. Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  3. Job 17:8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
  4. Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
  5. Job 29:9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
  6. Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  7. Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
  8. Proverbs 30:32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
  9. Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
  10. Micah 7:16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
  11. Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

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