Job 29:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 29:9

7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,

8 The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;

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

10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their ^atongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;

12 Because ^aI delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

Verse Comparison: Job 29:9

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

Amplified® Bible
The princes refrained from talking and laid their hands on their mouths;

Contemporary English Version
while the older ones stood

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

Good News Bible
The leaders of the people would stop talking;

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

New American Standard Bible
"The princes stopped talking And put {their} hands on their mouths;

New International Version
the chief men refrained from speaking
and covered their mouths with their hands;

New King James Version
The princes refrained from talking,
And put their hand on their mouth;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;

Revised Standard Version
the princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;

Young's Literal Translation
Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

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