Job 40:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

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  • Job 29:9 : 9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
  • Job 21:5 : 5 Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.
  • Job 42:6 : 6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
  • Judg 18:19 : 19 And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
  • Ezra 9:6 : 6 I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
  • Dan 9:5 : 5 We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: 19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:
  • Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:
  • Job 9:31-35 : 31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing. 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge. 33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us. 34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me: 35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
  • 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.
  • Ps 51:4-5 : 4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging. 5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
  • Job 23:4-7 : 4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me. 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 31:37 : 37 I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 40:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

    2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    3 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

  • Job 40:5-6
    2 verses
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    5 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

    6 Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.

  • 6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

  • 1 And Job said in answer to the Lord,

  • Job 21:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

    5 Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

  • 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 9:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

    4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • 2 See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31 Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • Ps 39:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • 14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • 1 Then Job made answer and said,

  • 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • 32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • 14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

  • Job 34:31-32
    2 verses
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    31 ...

    32 ...

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • Job 13:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • Job 9:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

  • 1 Then Job made answer and said,

  • 20 Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • 14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

    2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

  • 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • 24 Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

  • 3 May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • Job 34:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

    6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

  • 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

  • 16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

  • 4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

  • 3 I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.