Job 29:10
The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
In Context
9Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
11For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:26and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house [are] they.
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 →