Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;

New American Standard Bible

“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.

International Standard Version

Nobles would refrain from speaking, covering their mouths with their hands.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

Bible in Basic English

The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

Darby Translation

Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

Julia Smith Translation

Chiefs held back in words, and they will put the hand to the mouth.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.

Modern King James verseion

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

when the princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth;

NET Bible

the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

New Heart English Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The princes
שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

עצר 
`atsar 
Usage: 46

מלּה מלּה 
Millah 
Usage: 38

and laid
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

8 Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose - they stood; 9 Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth; 10 The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;


Cross References

Job 21:5

Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!

Judges 18:19

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

Job 4:2

If one attempt a word unto thee, wilt thou be impatient? But, to restrain speech, who, can endure?

Job 7:11

I also, cannot restrain my mouth, - I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 40:4

Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words, there wanteth not transgression, but, he that restraineth his lips, sheweth prudence.

Proverbs 30:32

If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, - if thou hast plotted evil, put thy hand to thy mouth!

James 1:19

Ye know, my brethren beloved, - but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

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