Job 29:9
The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
In Context
8The yong men saw me, and hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.
10The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
Cross References
Job 4:2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
Job 21:5Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
Proverbs 10:19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.
James 1:19Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe 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 →