Job 29:10
And they that heard me blessed me, 1 And their tongue clove to their throat. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9And the great men ceased speaking, 1 And laid their finger on their mouth. 1
11For the ear heard, and blessed me; 1 And the eye saw me, and turned aside. 1
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26Also I will bind thy tongue, and thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: because it is 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 →