Job 21:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 18:19 : 19 And they said unto 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 priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
  • Job 29:9 : 9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
  • Job 2:12 : 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Job 17:8 : 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
  • Job 19:20-21 : 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

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    9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

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