Job 21:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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 thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
  • Job 29:9 : 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at 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 knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding 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 mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Job 17:8 : 8 Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
  • 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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    16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

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    9The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.

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    12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

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    10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

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    20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

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    24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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    21These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

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    21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

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    5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

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    17¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;

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    7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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    22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.