Job 29:10
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious 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 →