Job 29:9-10, 32:11-12 | 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 32:11-12

11 “Behold, I waited for your words,
I listened for your wise sayings,
while you searched out what to say.
12 I gave you my attention,
and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job
or who answered his words.