Job 21:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Look at me, and be astonished, And put [your] hand over [your] mouth.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Marke mee, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand vpon [your] mouth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Return to me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth. |
Mark
6437 {6437} Primeפָּנָהpanah{paw-naw'}
A primitive root; to turn; by implication to face, that is, appear, look, etc.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
me, and be astonished,
8074 {8074} Primeשָׁמֵםshamem{shaw-mame'}
A primitive root; to stun (or intransitively grow numb), that is, devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense).
z8713 <8713> Grammar
Stem - Hophal (See H8825) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2
and lay
7760 {7760} Primeשׂוּםsuwm{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
[ your] hand
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
upon
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
[ your] mouth.
6310 {6310} Primeפֶּהpeh{peh}
From H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to. |
Job 21:5
_ _ lay ... hand upon ... mouth — (Proverbs 30:32; Judges 18:19). So the heathen god of silence was pictured with his hand on his mouth. There was enough in Job’s case to awe them into silence (Job 17:8). |
Job 21:5
Mark — Consider what I am about to say concerning the prosperity of the worst of men, and the pressures of some good men, and it is able to fill you with astonishment. Lay, &c. — Be silent. |
Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] (c) mouth.
(c) He charges them as though they were not able to comprehend his feeling of God's judgment, and exhorts them therefore to silence. |
- Mark me:
- Heb. Look unto me
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- be astonished:
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 19:20-21 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. ... Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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- lay your:
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?
Psalms 39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
Proverbs 30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
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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