Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.

New American Standard Bible

“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

King James Version

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

International Standard Version

Nobles would refrain from speaking, covering their mouths with their hands.

A Conservative Version

The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

Bible in Basic English

The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

Darby Translation

Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

Julia Smith Translation

Chiefs held back in words, and they will put the hand to the mouth.

King James 2000

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.

Modern King James verseion

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

when the princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth;

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The Emphasized Bible

Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;

Webster

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

World English Bible

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The princes
שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

עצר 
`atsar 
Usage: 46

מלּה מלּה 
Millah 
Usage: 38

and laid
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
while older men stood to their feet.
9 City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.
10 The noblemen’s voices were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.


Cross References

Job 21:5

Look at me and shudder;
put your hand over your mouth.

Judges 18:19

They told him, “Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut. Come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

Job 4:2

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?

Job 7:11

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

Job 40:4

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

Proverbs 10:19

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,
but the one who controls his lips is wise.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.

James 1:19

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

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