Job 29:9
The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
In Context
8The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders, rising up, remained standing.
10The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat.
Cross References
Job 4:2If we start to speak to you, perhaps you will take it badly, but who can hold back the words he has conceived?
Job 21:5Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.
Proverbs 10:19In a multitude of speaking, sin will not be lacking. But whoever tempers his lips is most prudent.
James 1:19You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →