Job 29:9

Young's Literal Translation 1862

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

Cross References

Job 21:5

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

Job 29:21

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

Job 29:8

Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

Job 4:2

Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

Job 40:4

Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

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.

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,

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?'