Job 29:10
The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
11And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dume, and shalt not be to them as a man that rebuketh: for 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 →