Job 21:5
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.”Job 21:5
What Does Job 21:5 Mean?
Job 21:5 is found in the book of Job, chapter 21, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (11)
These passages are connected to Job 21:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 29:9“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”Job 40:4“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.”Judges 18:19“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?”Proverbs 30:32“If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.”Job 2:12“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“Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.”Job 19:20“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”Psalms 39:9“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.”Amos 5:13“Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.”Micah 7:16“The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.”Romans 11:33“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!”
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