Job 29:10
The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.
11The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26And I will cause your tongue to adhere to the roof of your mouth. And you will be mute, not like a man who reproaches. For they are a provoking house.
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 →