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Job 29:9

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

The princes {H8269} refrained {H6113} talking {H4405}, and laid {H7760} their hand {H3709} on their mouth {H6310}.

leaders refrained from speaking -they would lay their hands on their mouths;

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Job 21:5 (6 votes)

    Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.

  • Job 40:4 (3 votes)

    Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

  • Proverbs 30:32 (3 votes)

    If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

  • Proverbs 10:19 (3 votes)

    ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • James 1:19 (3 votes)

    ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  • Job 7:11 (2 votes)

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Judges 18:19 (2 votes)

    And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?