Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Look at me and be astonished and appalled;
And put your hand over your mouth.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Holman Bible
put your hand over your mouth.
International Standard Version
Look at me, be appalled, and then shut up!
A Conservative Version
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
American Standard Version
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
Bible in Basic English
Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.
Darby Translation
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
Look to me and be astonished, and put the hand upon the mouth.
King James 2000
Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn to me and be appalled, and place [your] hand on [your] mouth.
Modern King James verseion
Turn to me and be amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mark me well, and be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
NET Bible
Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.
New Heart English Bible
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!
Webster
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
World English Bible
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
4
“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?
And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?
“Look at me and be astonished and appalled;
And put your hand over your mouth.
“Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid;
Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh.
Cross References
Judges 18:19
They said to him, “Keep quiet, 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 to the house of one man, or to be a priest to a tribe and family in Israel?”
Job 29:9
The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job 2:12
When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].
Job 17:8
“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.
Job 19:20-21
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.
Psalm 39:9
“I am mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who has done it.
Proverbs 30:32
If you have foolishly exalted yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Amos 5:13
Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].
Micah 7:16
The [pagan] nations shall see [God’s omnipotence in delivering Israel] and be ashamed
Of all their might [which cannot be compared to His].
They shall put their hand on their mouth [in silent astonishment];
Their ears shall be deaf.
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!