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Job 29:9

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

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שָׂ֭רִיםsarimcaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “captain”, the ordinary formH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.עָצְר֣וּatservclose upעָצָרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “close up”, a completed actionH6113to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble[idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).בְמִלִּ֑יםvemilimin wordמִלָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in word”, the ordinary formH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.וְ֝כַ֗ףvekhafand hand , -dle,כַּףconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and hand , -dle,”, the ordinary formH3709the 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, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.יָשִׂ֥ימוּyasimvputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…לְפִיהֶֽםlefihemto edgeפֶּהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

World English Bible

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες, δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι.