Job 29:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:5 : 5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.
  • Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
  • Judg 18:19 : 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 : 2 Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
  • Job 7:11 : 11 Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

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    10The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

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    8Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

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    21To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

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  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

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    5Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

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    15(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.

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    16See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked `is' before me.'

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  • Prov 17:27-28
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    27One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper `is' a man of understanding.

    28Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

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    27And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all these words that the king commanded, and they keep silent from him, for the matter was not heard;

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    11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

  • Isa 36:21
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    21And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'

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    5O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'

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    9I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.

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    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

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    13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

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    12Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

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    30and if to another sitting `anything' may be revealed, let the first be silent;

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    23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

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    20And Jehovah `is' in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

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    19By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.

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    26and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house `are' they.

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    13Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.

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    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

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    3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.