Job 29:9
Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
In Context
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
Cross References
Job 4:2If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
Job 21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.
James 1:19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
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 →