Cross references

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled;

put your hand over your mouth.

Job 21:5 BSB

Job 21:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Judges 18:19 (6 votes) and Job 29:9 (6 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Judges 18 to Romans 11.

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Which verses does Job 21:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “Be quiet,” they told him. “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 for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

  2. Job 29:96 votes

    The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

  3. Job 40:46 votes

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  4. If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  5. Job 2:122 votes

    When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

  6. Job 17:82 votes

    The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

  7. My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

  8. Psalm 39:92 votes

    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

  9. Amos 5:132 votes

    Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

  10. Micah 7:162 votes

    Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

Which verses point to Job 21:5?

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