Job 29:9 · KJV
“The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.”
— Job 29:9
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, {and} stood up.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. {The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}
Job 29 — Context
When I went out to the gate through the city, {when} I prepared my seat in the street!
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, {and} stood up.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. {The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}
11When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:
Cross References
Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips {is} wise.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, {lay} thine hand upon thy mouth.
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 4:2
{If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}
Judges 18:19
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: {is it} better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?