Job 29:9
The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
World English Bible Classic
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. The aged rose up and stood.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
Cross References
Job 4:2“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job 21:5Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
James 1:19So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, 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 →