Job 29:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"The princesרִים
(rim)
8269: chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, princefrom an unused word
stoppedעָצְר֣וּ
(a·tze·ru)
6113: to restrain, retaina prim. root
talkingבְמִלִּ֑ים
(ve·mil·lim;)
4405: a word, speech, utterancefrom malal
And putיָשִׂ֥ימוּ
(ya·si·mu)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
[their] handsוְ֝כַ֗ף
(ve·chaf)
3709: hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a panfrom kaphaph
on their mouths;לְפִיהֶֽם׃
(le·fi·hem.)
6310: moutha prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
The princes
sar  (sar)
a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
refrained
`atsar  (aw-tsar')
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
talking
millah  (mil-law')
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic -- + answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
and laid
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
their hand
kaph  (kaf)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
on their mouth
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Princes held back [their] words and put their hands over their mouths.

King James 2000 Bible
The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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