Job 40:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.

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  • Job 29:9 : 9 The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth:
  • Job 21:5 : 5 Marke me well and be abashed, and lay your hande vpon your mouth.
  • Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies.
  • Judg 18:19 : 19 They aunswered hym: Holde thy peace, lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs, to be our father and priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest vnto the house of one man, then to be a priest vnto a tribe or kynred in Israel?
  • Ezra 9:6 : 6 And sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God: for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head, and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 We are all as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesse are as tilthy ragges: we fal euerychone as the leafe, for our sinnes cary vs away lyke the winde.
  • Dan 9:5 : 5 We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, yea we haue rebelled, & haue departed from thy preceptes, & from thy iudgementes.
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lorde, righteousnesse belongeth vnto thee, vnto vs open shame, as is came to passe this day vnto euery man of Iuda, and to them that dwel at Hierusalem yea vnto all Israel, whether they be farre or nye throughout all the landes whither thou hast driuen them, because of their offences that they haue done against thee.
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 This shall the heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares.
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth kepe scilence before hym.
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 Let all fleshe be still before the Lorde: for he is raysed vp out of his holy place.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter sawe this, he fell downe at Iesus knees, saying: Lorde, go from me, for I am a sinfull man.
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe.
  • Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Lorde God of Israel, thou art righteous, for we remayne yet escaped, as it is to see this day: Beholde also, in thy presence are we in our trespasses, & because of it may we not stand before thee.
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 And truely thou art iust in al that thou hast brought vpon vs, for thou hast done right: As for vs, we haue ben vngodly,
  • Job 9:31-35 : 31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me. 32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am: 33 Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs. 34 Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him, 35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 O that a body might pleate with God, as one man doth with an other:
  • 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And Dauids heart smote him, after that he had numbred the people: And Dauid saide vnto the Lord, I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done: And nowe I beseche thee Lord take away the trespasse of thy seruaunt, for I haue done very foolishly.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he him selfe went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sat downe vnder a Iuniper tree, and desired for his soule that he might dye, and sayde: It is nowe enough O Lorde, take my soule, for I am not better then my fathers.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I became dumbe, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doyng.
  • Ps 51:4-5 : 4 Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged. 5 Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me.
  • Job 23:4-7 : 4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes: 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me. 6 Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.
  • Job 31:37 : 37 I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince.

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  • Job 40:1-3
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    1Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide:

    2Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere?

    3Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying:

  • Job 40:5-6
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    5Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further.

    6Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:

  • 6Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

  • 1Then Iob aunswered the Lord, and saide:

  • Job 21:4-5
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    4Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?

    5Marke me well and be abashed, and lay your hande vpon your mouth.

  • 19What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • Job 9:14-15
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    14Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?

    15For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

    4O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

  • 2Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte.

  • Job 33:31-32
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    31Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.

    32But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee.

  • Ps 39:9-10
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    9I became dumbe, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doyng.

    10Take thy plague away from me: I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande.

  • 14When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

  • 1Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • 22Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere.

  • 32If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.

  • 14I became euen as a man that heareth not: and who hath no replies in his mouth.

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31Surely of God onely it can be saide, I haue pardoned, I wyll not destroy.

    32If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of.

  • 1Iob aunswered, & saide:

  • 1But Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • Job 13:13-14
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    13Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shalbe the lesse.

    14Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes?

  • Job 9:1-2
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    1Iob aunswered, and sayde,

    2I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

  • 1Iob aunswered, and saide:

  • 20Therfore will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.

  • 1Iob aunswered, and saide:

  • 14He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

  • 1Iob aunswered, & said:

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

    2I became dumbe through scilence, I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes: but the more was my sorowe increased.

  • 32For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

  • 24Teache me, and I will hold my tong: and wherin I haue erred; cause me to vnderstande.

  • 3Shall not vaine wordes come yet to an ende? Or what maketh thee bolde so to aunswere?

  • 1So Iob aunswered, & saide:

  • Job 34:5-6
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    5And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.

    6In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault.

  • 8Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

  • 5I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me.

  • 16Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine, & he maketh many wordes without knowledge.

  • 4For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

  • 3I haue sufficiently heard the checking of my reproofe, therefore the spirite of myne vnderstanding causeth me to aunswere.