Job 29:9
And the great men ceased speaking, 1 And laid their finger on their mouth. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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: 1 And all the old men stood up. 1
10And they that heard me blessed me, 1 And their tongue clove to their throat. 1
Cross References
Job 4:2Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? 1 But who shall endure the force of thy words? 1
Job 21:5Look upon me, and wonder, 1 Laying your hand upon your cheek. 1
Proverbs 10:19By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; 1 But if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent. 1
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 →