Job 29:10

American Standard Version (1901)

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:8-9
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    89%

    8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

    9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

    22 After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 [For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David]. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

    2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

    16 And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

  • 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.

  • 18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

  • 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.

  • 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

  • 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

  • 15 and when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

  • 31 The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

  • 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

  • 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?

  • 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • 17 They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • 5 Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

  • 11 A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • 20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  • 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

  • 11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

  • 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

  • 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

  • 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

  • 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

  • 4 And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

  • 10 For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

  • 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

  • 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • 11 But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

  • 30 The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

  • 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

  • 30 But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

  • 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

  • 22 Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

  • 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.