Job 29:9-10, 25 | ESV | STEP | the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth ;

b Ps. 22:15; 137:6; Lam. 4:4; Ezek. 3:26

Job 29:9-10

9 the princes refrained from talking
and ^alaid their hand on their mouth;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their ^btongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

Job 29:25

25 I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like ^ca king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.