Job 29:10
The voice of leaders has been hidden, || And their tongue has cleaved to the palate.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9Princes have kept in words, || And they place a hand on their mouth.
11For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, || And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26and I cause your tongue to cleave to your palate, and you have been mute, and are not for a reprover to them, for they [are] a house of rebellion.
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 →