Job 40:3-5

Job Promises Silence

3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:
4 "Behold, I am 1of small account; what shall I answer you? 2I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 I have spoken 3once, and I will not answer; 4twice, but I will proceed no further."

Cross References 4

  • 1. [Job 42:6; Ezra 9:6]
  • 2. Job 21:5; Job 29:9; Judges 18:19
  • 3. Job 33:14; Psalms 62:11
  • 4. Job 33:14; Psalms 62:11
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