Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.In other versions
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
ASV
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
BBE
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
DBY
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
WEB
The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
YLT
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
ENG
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
WBT
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
BSB
In context
8The 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.
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.