Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Job 40:4 in English Standard Version "“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth." Jud 18:19 And they said to him, “Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?” Ezr 9:6 saying: “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens. Job 21:5 Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth. Job 29:9 the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; Job 42:6 therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”