Job 29:9
“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”
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Job 29:9 Context
7When I went out to the gate, through the citie, when I prepared my seate in the street. 8The yong men saw me, and hid themselues: and the aged arose, and stood vp. 9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10The Nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth. 11When the eare heard mee, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gaue witnesse to me:
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The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
- King James Version
"The princes stopped talking And put {their} hands on their mouths;
- New American Standard Version (1995)