Job 29:10

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

In Context

9The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

11For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

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Cross References

Ezekiel 3:26And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →

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