JOB 29:9 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The leaders would stop their conversations,
⇔ and put their hands over their mouths.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες, δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι.
(Hadroi de epausanto lalountes, daktulon epithentes epi stomati. )

UST The leaders of the people used to stop talking when I arrived.
⇔ They made sure they did not say anything, because they knew it would not be as good as what I was going to say.

BSB The princes refrained from speaking
⇔ and covered their mouths with their hands.

OEB Princes refrained from speech,
⇔ And laid their hand on their mouth.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET the chief men refrained from talking
⇔ and covered their mouths with their hands;

LSV Princes have kept in words,
And they place a hand on their mouth.

FBV The leaders remained silent and covered their mouths with their hands.

T4T The leaders of the people stopped talking [DOU],

LEB • and they laid their hand on their mouth.

BBE The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

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

ASV The princes refrained from talking,
⇔ And laid their hand on their mouth;

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

YLT Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

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

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

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

KJB-1769 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

KJB-1611 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth:
(The princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth:)

Gnva The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
(The princes stayed talke, and laid their hand on their mouth. )

Cvdl whe the princes left of their talkinge, & laied their hade to their mouth:
(whe the princes left of their talkinge, and laied their hade to their mouth:)

Wycl princes ceessiden to speke, and puttiden the fyngur on her mouth;
(princes ceasedn to speke, and puttiden the finger on her mouth;)

Luth da die Obersten aufhöreten zu reden, und legten ihre Hand auf ihren Mund;
(da the Obersten aufhöreten to reden, and legten their/her hand on your Mund;)

ClVg Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.[fn]
(Principes cessabant loqui, and digitum superponebant ori his_own. )

29.9 Principes cessabunt loqui. Principes vel duces dicit hæreticæ pravitatis auctores. Et est sensus: Cum prædicare mihi publica voce licuit, omnis me, qui veritati non fuit subjectus, expavit. Digitum ori superponunt, dum falsis querelis non ratione vocis se reprimi, sed virtutis manu significant.

29.9 Principes cessabunt loqui. Principes or duces dicit hæreticæ pravitatis auctores. And it_is sensus: Since prædicare to_me publica voce licuit, everyone me, who veritati not/no fuit subyectus, expavit. Digitum ori superponunt, dum falsis querelis not/no ratione vocis se reprimi, but of_virtue by_hand significant.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עָצְר֣וּ בְ⁠מִלִּ֑ים

refrained in/on/at/with,talking

Job is using the term words to mean what these princes had been saying by using words before he arrived. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “stopped speaking”

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וְ֝⁠כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְ⁠פִי⁠הֶֽם

and,hands laid on,mouths,their

Since Job is speaking of many people, it may be more natural in your language to use the plural forms of hand and mouth. Alternate translation: “and they put their hands on their mouths” or “and they covered their mouths with their hands”

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

וְ֝⁠כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְ⁠פִי⁠הֶֽם

and,hands laid on,mouths,their

Covering the mouth with the hand prevents a person from speaking. While the princes could simply have stopped talking without doing that, they did it as a symbolic action to show respect for Job, indicating that there was nothing they could say that would be more valuable than what he would say. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “and they covered their mouths with their hands to indicate respectfully that there was nothing they could say that would be more valuable than what I would say”

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