2 Chronicles 33:12

33:12 In his pain ¹  Manasseh ²  asked the Lord his God for mercy ³  and truly ⁴  humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. ⁵ 

Job 40:4

40:4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy ⁶  – how could I reply to you?

I put ⁷  my hand over my mouth to silence myself. ⁸ 

Job 42:5-6

42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye has seen you. ⁹ 

42:6 Therefore I despise myself, ¹⁰ 

and I repent in dust and ashes!

Ezekiel 16:63

16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ¹¹  when I make atonement for all you have done, ¹²  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ¹³  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

[33:12]  ¹ tn Or “distress.”

[33:12]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:12]  ³ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord his God.”

[33:12]  ⁴ tn Or “greatly.”

[33:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”

[40:4]  ⁶ tn The word קַלֹּתִי (qalloti) means “to be light; to be of small account; to be unimportant.” From this comes the meaning “contemptible,” which in the causative stem would mean “to treat with contempt; to curse.” Dhorme tries to make the sentence a conditional clause and suggests this meaning: “If I have been thoughtless.” There is really no “if” in Job’s mind.

[40:4]  ⁷ tn The perfect verb here should be classified as an instantaneous perfect; the action is simultaneous with the words.

[40:4]  ⁸ tn The words “to silence myself” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[42:5]  ⁹ sn This statement does not imply there was a vision. He is simply saying that this experience of God was real and personal. In the past his knowledge of God was what he had heard – hearsay. This was real.

[42:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “despise what I said.” There is no object on the verb; Job could be despising himself or the things he said (see L. J. Kuyper, “Repentance of Job,” VT 9 [1959]: 91-94).

[16:63]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

[16:63]  ¹² tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

[3:19]  ¹³ tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”