Job 29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid hand on their mouth.
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Context
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, I prepared my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, stood up.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid hand on their mouth.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard , then it blessed me; and when the eye saw , it gave witness to me: