Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
19And they said vnto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth, and goe with vs, and bee to vs a father and a Priest: Is it better for thee to bee a Priest vnto the house of one man, or that thou be a Priest vnto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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Job 29:9
Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.
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Held back, restrained, abstained, or kept from an action or expression.
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Speaking or conversing.
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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
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9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Selected passage10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
10†The Nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.