Then Abraham answered, ‘Since I have ventured to speak to my lord #– #even though I am dust and ashes #– #
Job 40:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I place my hand over my mouth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I am of small account and vile! What shall I answer You? I lay my hand upon my mouth. [Ezra 9:6; Ps. 51:4.] American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth. Common English Bible Look, I’m of little worth. What can I answer you? I’ll put my hand over my mouth. Catholic Public Domain Version And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? |
Then Abraham answered, ‘Since I have ventured to speak to my lord #– #even though I am dust and ashes #– #
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.
David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away your servant’s guilt.’
but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, ‘I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my ancestors.’
Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.
And I said: My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face towards you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.
You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us, because you have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
I wish that someone might argue for a man with God just as anyone would for a friend.
City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.
I would give him an account of all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.
Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.
Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes. ,
If you have been foolish by exalting yourself or if you’ve been scheming, put your hand over your mouth.
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.
All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’
we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from your commands and ordinances.
Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel #– #those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where you have banished them because of the disloyalty they have shown towards you.
But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the stricken person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see,
Nations will see and be ashamed of all their power. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
But the Lord is in his holy temple; let the whole earth be silent in his presence.
Let all humanity be silent before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.’
‘But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, “God, have mercy on me, , a sinner! ”
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said, ‘Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord! ’
This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ #– #and I am the worst of them.
They told him, ‘Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut. , 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 for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel? ’