Job 40:4
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 40
“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.”Job 40:4
What Does Job 40:4 Mean?
Job 40:4 is found in the book of Job, chapter 40, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 40:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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 29:9“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”Job 21:5“Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.”Job 42:6“Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”Luke 5:8“When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”Genesis 18:27“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:”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?”Ezra 9:6“And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.”Ezekiel 16:63“That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.”Matthew 15:27“And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”1 Corinthians 4:4“For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.”Genesis 32:10“I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.”Job 13:15“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”Job 31:35“Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.”Psalms 39:9“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.”Isaiah 6:5“Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”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.”Zechariah 2:13“Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.”Luke 15:18“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,”Luke 18:13“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.”
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