Job 29:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.”

Job 29:9

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When I went out to the gate through the city, {when} I prepared my seat in the street!

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, {and} stood up.

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

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. {The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}

When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:

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Job 29:1

"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, {continued: Heb. added to take up}"

Job 29:2

"Oh that I were as {in} months past, as {in} the days {when} God preserved me;"

Job 29:3

"When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}"

Job 29:4

"As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God {was} upon my tabernacle;"

Job 29:5

"When the Almighty {was} yet with me, {when} my children {were} about me;"

Job 29:6

"When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; {me: Heb. with me}"

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