Bible in Basic English
"The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;"
— Job 29:9, Bible in Basic English
“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”
“The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; ”
“The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”
“the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;”
“The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.”
“The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.”
When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;
The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.