Job 40:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

King James Bible
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Hebrew
“Behold,
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I am insignificant.
קַ֭לֹּתִי (qal·lō·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

How
מָ֣ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can I reply to You?
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑ךָּ (’ă·šî·ḇe·kā)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

I place
שַׂ֣מְתִּי (śam·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

my hand
יָ֝דִ֗י (yā·ḏî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

over
לְמוֹ־ (lə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's 3926: To or foreign

my mouth.
פִֽי׃ (p̄î)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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