Job 40:4
“Behold, I have been vile, || What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
In Context
3And Job answers YHWH and says:
5I have spoken once, and I do not answer, || And twice, and I do not add.”
Cross References
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answers and says, “Now behold, I have willed to speak to the Lord, and I [am] dust and ashes;
Leviticus 13:12And if the leprosy breaks out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy has covered all the skin of [him who has] the plague, from his head even to his feet, to all that appears to the eyes of the priest,
2 Samuel 24:10And the heart of David strikes him, after that he has numbered the people, and David says to YHWH, “I have greatly sinned in that which I have done, and now, O YHWH, please cause the iniquity of Your servant to pass away, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Ezra 9:6and say, “O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face to You, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt has become great to the heavens.
Nehemiah 9:33And You [are] righteous concerning all that has come on us, || For You have done truth, || And we have done wickedly;
Job 16:21And He reasons for a man with God, || As a son of man for his friend.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:2-6
Job's Humble Submission. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 Then Job answered the Lord , and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Here is, I. A humbling challenge which God gave to Job. After he had heaped up many hard questions upon him, to show him,… Read the whole commentary →