Job 29:10
The voice of nobles was arrested, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9Princes stopped in the midst of [their] words, and laid their hand on their mouth:
11For the ear that heard me called me happy; and the eye that saw me bore witness for me;
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26And I will let thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not become to them a man who reproveth; for they are a rebellious family.
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 →