Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.In other versions
The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
ASV
The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
BBE
Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
DBY
The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
WEB
Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
YLT
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
ENG
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
WBT
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
BSB
In context
7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: