Job 29:10

The voices of the noblemen were hushed, 1 and their tongue clung to the roof of their mouths. 1

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In The King James Version

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

In Context

9The princes used to refrain from talking when I came; 1 they would lay their hand on their mouths. 1

11For after their ears heard me, they would then bless me; 1 after their eyes saw me, they would then give witness to me and approve of me 1

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Cross References

Ezekiel 3:26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, so you will be mute, and you will not be able to rebuke them, since 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 →

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