Job 40:4

New Century Version

“I am not worthy; I cannot answer you anything, so I will put my hand over my mouth.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham said, “Though I am only dust and ashes, I have been brave to speak to the Lord.

Genesis 32:10

I am not worthy of the kindness and continual goodness you have shown me. The first time I traveled across the Jordan River, I had only my walking stick, but now I own enough to have two camps.

2 Samuel 24:10

David felt ashamed after he had counted the people. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by what I have done. Lord, I beg you to forgive me, your servant, because I have been very foolish.”

1 Kings 19:4

Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he prayed. “Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors.”

Ezra 9:15

Lord, God of Israel, by your goodness a few of us are left alive today. We admit that we are guilty and none of us should be allowed to stand before you.”

Ezra 9:6

I prayed, “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are so many. They are higher than our heads. Our guilt even reaches up to the sky.

Nehemiah 9:33

You have been fair in everything that has happened to us; you have been loyal, but we have been wicked.

Job 16:21

He begs God on behalf of a human as a person begs for his friend.

Job 21:5

Look at me and be shocked; put your hand over your mouth in shock.

Job 29:9

The leading men stopped speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 31:37

I would explain to God every step I took, and I would come near to him like a prince.)

Job 37:19

Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot get our arguments ready because we do not have enough understanding.

Job 40:3

Then Job answered the Lord:

Job 42:6

So now I hate myself; I will change my heart and life. I will sit in the dust and ashes.”

Psalm 39:9

I am quiet; I do not open my mouth, because you are the one who has done this.

Proverbs 30:32

“If you have been foolish and proud, or if you have planned evil, shut your mouth.

Isaiah 53:6

We all have wandered away like sheep; each of us has gone his own way. But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure, and I live among people who are not pure, but I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Isaiah 64:6

All of us are dirty with sin. All the right things we have done are like filthy pieces of cloth. All of us are like dead leaves, and our sins, like the wind, have carried us away.

Lamentations 3:29

He should bow down to the ground; maybe there is still hope.

Ezekiel 16:63

You will remember what you did and feel ashamed. You will not open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you for all the things you have done, says the Lord God.’ ”

Daniel 9:5

“But we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and turned against you, your commands, and your laws.

Daniel 9:7

“Lord, you are good and right, but we are full of shame today—the people of Judah and Jerusalem, all the people of Israel, those near and far whom you scattered among many nations because they were not loyal to you.

Leviticus 13:12

“If the skin disease spreads all over a person’s body, covering his skin from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, the priest must look at the person’s whole body.

Micah 7:16

When the nations see those miracles, they will no longer brag about their power. They will put their hands over their mouths, refusing to listen.

Habakkuk 2:20

The Lord is in his Holy Temple; all the earth should be silent in his presence.”

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord. He is coming out of the holy place where he lives.”

Luke 18:13

“The tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even look up to heaven. But he beat on his chest because he was so sad. He said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he bowed down before Jesus and said, “Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man!”

1 Timothy 1:15

What I say is true, and you should fully accept it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

Judges 18:19

They answered, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us and be our father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest for one man’s house or for a tribe and family group in Israel?”