Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
KJV
Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.
Vulgate
ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες, δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι.
LXX
The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
ASV
שָׂ֭רִים עָצְר֣וּ בְ/מִלִּ֑ים וְ֝/כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְ/פִי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 38×
י
y
noun · 496×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
עָצ֔וּר
'tsvr
verb · 45×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all
- Job 21:5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Job 21:5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Job 29:21 — Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
- Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Judg 18:19 — 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
- Mic 7:16 — The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Prov 10:19 — In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
- Prov 30:32 — If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.