Job 29:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:6 : 6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.
  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

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  • Job 29:8-9
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    8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

    9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.

    22 After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

    2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

    16 And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

  • Ezek 3:26
    73%

    26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Isa 36:21
    72%

    21 But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

  • Job 13:5
    72%

    5 If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    71%

    36 But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

  • Prov 17:28
    71%

    28 Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Mic 7:16
    71%

    16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

  • Dan 10:15
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    15 And after he had said these words to me, I kept my face turned to the earth and was unable to say anything.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 39:9
    69%

    9 I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    69%

    13 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

    14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

  • Ps 32:3
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    3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

  • Ps 59:7
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    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • Jer 38:27
    69%

    27 Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, questioning him: and he gave them an answer in the words the king had given him orders to say. So they said nothing more to him; for the thing was not made public.

  • Ps 135:17
    68%

    17 They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Job 21:5
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    5 Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
    68%

    11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Hab 2:20
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    20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.

  • Ps 17:10
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    10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19 Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

  • Job 29:11
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    11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

  • Prov 16:13
    68%

    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

  • Job 33:31
    68%

    31 Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

  • Amos 5:13
    67%

    13 So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

  • Isa 32:4
    67%

    4 The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

  • Isa 29:10
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    10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Neh 8:11
    67%

    11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.

  • Ps 59:12
    67%

    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Ps 63:11
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    11 But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

  • Ps 37:30
    67%

    30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

  • Prov 31:8
    67%

    8 Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    67%

    30 But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.

  • Ps 109:1
    66%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;

  • Ezek 33:22
    66%

    22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.

  • Job 37:20
    66%

    20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

  • Prov 14:3
    66%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.