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Job 29:9

American Standard Version

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

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Job 29:9 in other translations

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

Job 29:9 · World English Bible

Job 29:9 in context

  1. 7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
  2. 8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
  3. 9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
  4. 10The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
  5. 11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me: