“If you have been foolish,
Exalting yourself,
Put your hand on your mouth.
If you have been devising evil,
Put your hand on your mouth.
Pressing milk produces curds.
Pressing the nose produces blood.
Pressing anger produces strife.”
This numerical interlude ends with a warning about being foolish without self discipline. If you tried to exalt yourself, put a hand to your mouth to stop talking. If you have been devising evil, put a hand to your mouth so that evil does not come out of your mouth. Pressing or suppressing things may have evil consequences. If you press milk you end up with curds. If you press your nose, it will bleed. If you press your anger, it will produce strife.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 