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Wisdom 8:12

They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak, and if I talk much they shall lay their hands on their mouths.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
tacentem me sustinebunt, et loquentem me respicient, et sermocinante me plura, manus ori suo imponent.
Septuagint (Swete)
σιγῶντά με περιμενοῦσιν, καὶ φθεγγομένῳ προσέξουσιν, καὶ λαλοῦντος ἐπὶ πλεῖον χεῖρα ἐπιθήσουσιν ἐπὶ στόμα αὐτῶν.