Job 29:9
Princes stopped in the midst of [their] words, and laid their hand on their mouth:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
In Context
8Young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged rose up, and remained standing;
10The voice of nobles was arrested, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
Cross References
Job 4:2If we essay to address a word to thee, wilt thou be wearied? yet who is able to refrain from speaking?
Job 21:5Turn yourselves unto me, and be astounded, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Proverbs 10:19In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent.
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 →