Job 21:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

KJV

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.Mark…: Heb. Look unto me

WEB

Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

ASV

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

LSV

Turn to me, and be astonished, || And put hand to mouth.

YLT

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

DBY

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.

DRC

Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.

GNV

Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.

JPS

Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

LXXE

Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek.

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Original-language editions

WLC

פְּנוּ־אֵלַ֥י וְהָשַׁ֑מּוּ וְשִׂ֖ימוּ יָ֣ד עַל־פֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσετε, χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Judges 18:19“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and 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 a priest for a tribe and family in…
• Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
• Job 29:9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
• Proverbs 30:32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
• Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
• Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
• Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
• Micah 7:16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
• Job 17:8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
• Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
• Job 19:20–21My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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