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Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,King James Bible
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:American Standard Version
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;Genesis 18:27 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWhich am but dust and ashes - עפר ואפר aphar vaepher, words very similar in sound, as they refer to matters which so much resemble each other. Dust - the lightest particles of earth. Ashes - the residuum of consumed substances. By these expressions he shows how deeply his soul was humbled in the presence of God. He who has high thoughts of himself must have low thoughts of the dignity of the Divine nature, of the majesty of God, and the sinfulness of sin. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I have. Genesis 18:30-32 And he said to him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said... Ezra 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head... Job 42:6-8 Why I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes... Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips... Luke 18:1 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; dust. Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are... Job 4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? Psalm 8:4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him? Psalm 144:3 LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him! Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips... Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:47,48 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven... 2 Corinthians 5:1,2 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands... Genesis 18:27 Parallel Commentaries
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Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
Genesis 18:28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."
Job 30:19 He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
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