Job 21:5
What does Job 21:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 21:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
- Job 19:20
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
- Job 17:8
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
- Job 29:9
The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
- Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
- Judges 18:19
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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