Job 29:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
Key Terms in This Verse
דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
And 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 ...
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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