Job 29:9
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
In Context
8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Cross References
Job 4:2“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Job 21:5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
James 1:19So then, my beloved brothers, everyone should be quick to listen, 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 →