9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.


In Context

6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

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 stuck 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:

Job 29:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:9The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:9the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:9The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.