Job 29:9

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

⁹The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

FBV

⁹^[+] The leaders remained silent and covered their mouths with their hands.

Extra References

Job 21:5

⁵Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

Job 40:4

⁴“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Proverbs 10:19

¹⁹In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Proverbs 30:32

³²“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

James 1:19

¹⁹So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Job 7:11

¹¹“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 4:2

²“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

¹⁹They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”