Job 29:10 · KJV
“The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. {The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}”
— Job 29:10
The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.
When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:
Job 29 — Context
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, {and} stood up.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. {The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}
11When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Cross References
Psalms 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. {my chief...: Heb. the head of my joy}
Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they {are} a rebellious house. {a reprover: Heb. a man reproving}