Parallel Verses

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.

The Emphasized Bible

Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they 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
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 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood; 9 “The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

Cross References

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

Judges 18:19

And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"

Job 4:2

"If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Job 7:11

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

Job 40:4

"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

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