Job 29:9

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

Job 29:9 In-Context

7 When I went forth to the city gate, When I prepared my seat in the street,
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood;
9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
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