Job 29:9

Revised Version 1885

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

Cross References

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 for my counsel.

Job 29:8

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

Job 4:2

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Job 40:4

Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job 7:11

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

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Proverbs 30:32

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

James 1:19

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Judges 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 priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?