Job 29:10
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;
11When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26thy tongue also, will I cause to cleave unto the roof of thy mouth, so shalt thou be dumb and not be to them a reprover,— For a perverse house, they are!
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 →