Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Holman Bible
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:9
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Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up. 9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. 10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
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Cross References
Job 21:5
Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Judges 18:19
and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'
Job 4:2
Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
Job 7:11
Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 40:4
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
Proverbs 10:19
In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.
Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!
James 1:19
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,