Job 29:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  • Judg 18:19 : 19 They said to him,“Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
  • Job 4:2 : 2 “If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
  • Job 7:11 : 11 Job Remonstrates with God“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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:10-11
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    10the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

    11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

  • Job 29:8
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    8the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

  • Job 29:21-22
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    21Job’s Reputation“People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.

    22After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.

  • Prov 30:32
    75%

    32If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

  • Job 21:5
    72%

    5Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.

  • Job 32:15-16
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    15Job’s Friends Failed to Answer“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.

    16And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

  • Mic 7:16
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    16Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

    2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    71%

    27The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

    28Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.

  • Jer 38:27
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    27All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Isa 36:21
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    21They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”

  • Job 13:5
    70%

    5If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    69%

    36The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”

  • Ps 39:9
    69%

    9I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

  • Prov 10:19
    68%

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 17:7
    68%

    7Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    13But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.

    14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

  • Ps 59:7
    68%

    7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”

  • Lam 5:12
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    12Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
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    30And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

  • Prov 21:23
    67%

    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Job 33:31
    67%

    31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17Wisdom versus Fools, Sin, and Folly The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

  • Hab 2:20
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    20But the LORD is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”

  • Ps 119:23
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    23Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Ps 135:17
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    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

  • 1 Sam 25:9
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    9So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

  • Ezek 3:26
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    26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Dan 10:15
    66%

    15While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

  • Amos 5:13
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    13For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

  • Ps 59:12
    66%

    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • Isa 29:10-11
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    66%

    10For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).

    11To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.”

  • Lam 3:29
    66%

    29Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

  • Job 31:27
    66%

    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

  • Ps 141:3
    66%

    3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!